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


Thailand Expands Palm Oil and Rubber Markets to India
India is the world’s largest consumer of vegetable oil, consuming some 12 million tons of vegetable oil, 70% of which is made of palm...
Oct 7, 2019


Primary Industries Ministry, Palm Oil Board to Sign MoU with Tsinghua University on Biofuel Research
The Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) and the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...
Oct 7, 2019


French Palm Oil Imports up as Biodiesel Plant Starts
The commissioning of Total's 500,000t/yr hydro-treated vegetable oil (HVO) biodiesel plant at La Mede, Marseille, pushed French palm oil...
Oct 7, 2019


POIC Lahad Datu Designated as Tender Port for CPO, Palm Olein Futures
The designation of POIC Lahad Datu as a Tender Port for Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and Palm Olein Futures Contracts serves as an affirmation...
Oct 7, 2019


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
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