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26 May 2011Reuters
Q+A: Palm oil, growth and Indonesia's forest clearing ban
Indonesia, the world's No.1 palm oil producer, signed into law a 2-year freeze on new permits that may prompt palm oil firms to seek new ways to grow supply to meet rising demand from India and China, such as buying more land in Africa
21 May 2011The Star Online
Sime invests in Liberia
In 2009 Sime Darby Plantation acquired a 63-year concession covering 220,000ha in Liberia that it will developed into oil palm and rubber plantations
20 May 2011Reuters
Sime Darby to invest $3.1 bln in Liberia project
Company also in talks with the government of Cameroon on a project estimated to be worth $2.1 billion.
30 Apr 2011Commodity Online
Oil-palm land resource rush slippery in Africa?
Southeast Asian palm oil firms like Malaysia's Sime Darby and Singapore's Golden Agri Resources are backpacking to Africa, in what could be the planet’s next trend-setter in inter-continental resource trade.
18 Apr 2011FT (blog)
Asian palm oil: limited supply
Industry giants such as Malaysia’s Sime Darby and Singapore’s Olam and Wilmar International are scrambling for fresh space in equatorial Africa.
05 Apr 2011Liberian Observer
Grim prospects for Sime Darby in Bomi
It appears that the Bomi County operations of Sime Darby are being hindered as locals there are reportedly holding back lands leased by the government of Liberia to the company.
28 Mar 201124H dans le Pacifique
Une société de conseil australienne encourage l'huile de palme en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée
Le groupe malasien Rimbudan Hijau vient d’annoncer son intention de se lancer dans l’huile de palme après l'acquisition de milliers d’hectares de terres coutumières dans la province de Nouvelle-Bretagne orientale.
25 Mar 2011Ecologist
Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia.
18 Mar 2011AllAbourFeed.net
Zuellig Group to secure it’s own feed milling requirement with corn production
Zuellig Group will set up a 30,000-hectare corn plantation in the Philippines to ensure that its own feed milling requirements are met.
08 Mar 2011Guardian
Is palm oil a kernel of development for African countries like Liberia?
Asian palm oil producers are being accused of cashing in on Africa in their search to expand production
07 Mar 2011The Star
Felda in talks to buy 90,000ha land to grow rubber and oil palm
Felda Holdings, the world's largest estate owner, is in talks to buy up to 90,000ha of land across South-East Asia
24 Feb 2011Reuters
Sime Darby on lookout for land
The world's biggest listed palm oil firm, is on the lookout for more land, in a move sure to fuel the global grab for arable land as food prices remain high.
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