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Latest updates, insights and developments across the palm oil industry.


KUB Plans to Exit Oil Palm Plantation Business in Sarawak
KUB Malaysia Bhd is targeting to dispose some of its assets, including oil palm plantation land and a mill in Sarawak, to improve cash...
Oct 7, 2019


Gamalux to Profit from Sustainability Policies of EU
Amid the uproar over the European Union’s (EU) discriminatory move against palm oil, one player in the Malaysian palm oil downstream...
Oct 7, 2019


Teresa Kok: More Funds, Research Needed to Counter West’s Anti-Palm Oil Campaign
The Primary Industries and Commodities Ministry is in need of more money in order to conduct in-depth research on the benefits of palm...
Oct 7, 2019


Palm Oil Industry Makes Joint Call for CSPO Support
Sime Darby Plantation Bhd and the European Palm Oil Alliance (EPOA) as well as other industry associations, stakeholder companies and...
Oct 7, 2019


'Expect Palm Oil Price Recovery'
Crude palm oil (CPO) price could be heading towards a recovery, according to local and international investment banks. This assumption...
Oct 7, 2019
The Outstanding Characteristics of Palm Oil
Palm oil is one of Nature's richest sources of Vitamin E tocotrienols and pro-Vitamin A carotenoids. It is cholesterol-free. Studies have...
Oct 7, 2019


Solvent Extractors Association Asks to Hike Import Duty on Malaysian Refined Palm Oil
India Is the World’s Leading Vegetable Oil Buyer Expressing concern over Malaysian palm oil flooding Indian markets, edible oil trade...
Oct 7, 2019


Boustead Plantations CEO Chow Retires, Azlan to be Acting Chief
Boustead Plantation Bhd’s chief executive officer Chow Kok Choy will be stepping down from his post effective July 31, following his...
Oct 7, 2019


Indonesia Testing 30% Biodiesel in Cars; Next Trains
Indonesia on Thursday began testing biodiesel with a bio-content of 30% in cars, its energy ministry said, as the Southeast Asian nation...
Oct 7, 2019


Malaysia PM Mahathir Takes Aim at International Community over Anti-Palm Oil Narrative
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday (Jun 17) hit out at the international community's negative perceptions of the palm...
Oct 7, 2019


Hoteliers Urged to Promote Palm Oil Benefits to Tourists
The Ministry of Primary Industries has called on hotel operators to play their part and promote palm oil benefits to foreign visitors....
Oct 7, 2019


Biodiesel Price Must be Controlled, Says Kok
The government has set up a committee – comprising four ministries – to come up with a mechanism to control the price of biodiesel...
Oct 7, 2019
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