Liberia signs $1.6 bln palm oil investment: Government
Liberia’s government has signed a $1.6 billion deal with Golden Veroleum for a 500-acre palm oil plantation in the southeast of the West African nation, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
“When ratified by the legislature,... + Read More
Gabon plans to become leading palm oil producer in Africa
President Ali Bongo has vowed to modernise the west African state’s economy. Gabon has signed deals to diversify its economy in an attempt to be less reliable on its dwindling oil reserves. The government has announced... + Read More
Solid Setting - Palm oil use in South Africa
South Africa has traditionally derived cooking oil from sunflower seed.There has, however, been a recent shift to soybean oil in the cooking oil segment and to palm oil in the bulk-frying market.
Last year, the... + Read More
The environmental group Sahabat Alam Malaysia accused the palm oil industry of “genocide” against orang utans. Another group claimed the industry engages in indiscriminate clearing...
The Malaysian palm oil industry, together with the Sabah Wildlife Department, is organizing its second orang utan seminar in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah early next week...
