Archived News
07-10-2016
CORRECTED-PREVIEW-Malaysia Palm Oil Stocks Likely to Grow as Exports Decline
07/10/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysia's palm oil stockpiles likely grew in September from a near six-year low the previous month, expanding on rising production and a drop in demand for exports.
07-10-2016
Mosti Aims to Increase Commercialisation of Locally Made Products to 15%
07/10/2016 (The Sun) - The Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) aims to increase the commercialisation of locally-made products to 15% by 2020.
07-10-2016
VEGOILS-Market Factors to Watch Oct 7
07/10/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.
07-10-2016
Rotterdam Vegetable Oil Prices
07/10/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Thursday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:
07-10-2016
VEGOILS-Palm Reverses Course to See Strongest Gains in Nearly 2 Weeks
07/10/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures reversed losses to chart their strongest daily gains in nearly two weeks on Thursday evening, as a weaker ringgit supported prices.
06-10-2016
VEGOILS-Market Factors to Watch Oct 6
06/10/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.
06-10-2016
VEGOILS-Palm Charts Sharpest Drop in A Week on Lower Soy, Falling Exports Forecast
06/10/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures dropped on Wednesday evening in their sharpest decline in a week, tracking weaker performing soyoil and on forecasts of falling exports.
06-10-2016
Rotterdam Vegetable Oil Prices
06/10/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:
06-10-2016
Malaysia's Sime Darby Says $570 Mln Share Placement is Oversubscribed
06/10/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil firm Sime Darby Bhd said on Wednesday its share placement to raise 2.36 billion ringgit ($570.81 million) was oversubscribed due to strong demand from institutional investors.
06-10-2016
High Palm Stearin Prices Causing A Stink on Slower Soap Demand
06/10/2016 (Reuters) - Prices of palm stearin have soared to a two-year high on supply shortages, causing oleochemical manufacturers - who use the ingredient as a feedstock to make soap - to face tightening margins and slower demand for their products.
06-10-2016
Olam Ambassadors for Palm Oil Sustainability in Africa
06/10/2016 (FoodIngredientsFirst) - Olam International is making strides in Africa’s palm oil sector by becoming the first company to receive verifications from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), including the first-ever African working plantation to become certified.
06-10-2016
Cameroon Wants to Reproduce the Malaysian Experience, to Reach 450,000 Tons of Palm Oil By 2020
06/10/2016 (Business in Cameroon) - In order to fulfil the ambition of the Cameroonian government to reach a local production level of 450,000 tons in palm oil by 2020, a mission gathering senior officers from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC), a public agro-industrial unit operating oil palm groves in the South-West region, recently visited Malaysia, we learned from official sources.