It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...

MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are trucked to a mill for processing in mainland Malaysia. Oil palms yield more oil per acre than do other crops. But soaring demand for the ...

Palm oil can be found in many things, from make-up to pizza, soap to chocolate. Rosette Ale, a sustainable fashion business owner, explains how the demand for palm oil is unfortunately leading to ...

WWF's Palm Oil Buyers Scorecard assesses manufacturers, retailers, food service and hospitality companies on their commitments and actions in favour of sustainable palm oil, helping to build a culture ...

Palm oil is used in everything from cosmetics to food to soap. There is enormous demand for it. But it is hugely controversial because it involves the clearing of tropical rainforests to grow palm ...

But the plant has languished since it was suspended in spring last year shortly after it started operations. The other seven plants also stopped running during the same period. Palm oil is mainly ...

Pizza, biscuits, and beauty treatments are some of the thousands of products that contain palm oil, which threaten iconic species through deforestation. But this new study says that planting ...

MUMBAI, Sept 20 (Reuters) - India's palm oil production is likely to triple in six years as the area under oil palm plantations increases and as plantations become mature for harvesting ...

Patchouli oil is an essential oil derived from the leaves of the patchouli plant, a type of aromatic herb. In order to produce patchouli oil, the leaves and stems of the plant are harvested and ...

PUTRAJAYA: A proposal to revise the windfall profit levy (WPL) on palm oil has been made due to increased costs that have caused the windfall margin to become “virtually non-existent,” says ...

Palm oil will begin a new bull phase early next year on the back of strong demand from biofuel makers and healthy purchases by India and China, according to veteran trader Dorab Mistry. Crop-based ...

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