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Latest updates, insights and developments across the palm oil industry.
Malaysia Not Threatened by Bill Gates' Synthetic Palm Oil Project
Malaysia does not see the production of synthetic palm oil by US start-up company, C16 Biosciences, as a threat to natural palm oil...
Sep 15, 2020
Unrefined Palm Oil Boosts Lung Immunity Against COVID-19
A study shows that unprocessed red palm oil helps to maintain lung immunity and respiratory health, strengthening's one's body defences...
Sep 15, 2020


Palm Oil Company Introduces Technology into Its Operations
Aside from strengthening control functions, digitalization in Astra Agro’s operations also aims to assist with speedy analysis and...
Sep 15, 2020


India Allots Licences to Buy 1.1 Million Tonnes of Refined Palm Olein from Indonesia
India has issued import licences for 1.1 million tonnes of refined palm olein from Indonesia, government and trade sources told Reuters....
Sep 15, 2020


About Sustainability, Regulation and Consumer Demand
Even as Malaysia and Indonesia work towards combating misperceptions behind anti-palm oil products from grocery store shelves, anti-palm...
Sep 15, 2020


Nepal's Palm Oil Exports Could Suffer As India Suspends Import Licences
Shipments in the first eight months of the current fiscal year were valued at Rs 15.35 billion. Nepal's lucrative palm oil exports to...
Sep 14, 2020


There's No Palm Oil Alternative
I read a few news reports in a couple of international media recently about a start-up based in New York that is ready to go big in...
Sep 14, 2020
Tax Exemption Augurs Well for Palm Oil Industry
COVID-19 hit oil palm smallholders and companies can heave a sigh of relief overt a tax exemption provided under the National Economic...
Sep 14, 2020


&Green Fund Makes Palm Oil Sector Investment in PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk
PT Dharma Satya Nusantara Tbk. (“DSNG”) has signed a US$ 30.0 million 10-year loan facility from Stichting andgreen.fund (“&Green”), a...
Sep 14, 2020


Oil Palm Smallholders Suffer from Falling Prices, Pandemic Restrictions
Oil palm smallholders have suffered losses during the ongoing health crisis from the falling price of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) and...
Sep 1, 2020


Field Maintenance. Don’t Start Today by Doing Yesterdays Work
For decades, palm oil businesses have intended to stand on the strong grounds and methodologies to care and drive the utmost success of...
Sep 1, 2020


Affirming A Cause; Pandemic or Not
Multiple phases of the Movement Control Order (MCO) have passed and Malaysia is finally and slowly easing back into life. Many sectors...
Sep 1, 2020
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