Archived News
09-08-2016
Astral Asia Calls off Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Buy
09/08/2016 (The Edge Markets MY) - Astral Asia Bhd has called off the plan to expand its plantation activity by acquiring 35,000 acres of oil palm land in Sarawak.
09-08-2016
Rotterdam Vegetable Oil Prices
09/08/2016 (Reuters) - The following were Monday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT:
08-08-2016
VEGOILS-Market Factors to Watch Aug 8
08/08/2016 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.
08-08-2016
Planter’s Son Turns Worst Malaysia Stock to Best in 120 Days
08/08/2016 (Bloomberg) - In Zakaria Arshad’s first four months at the helm of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd, the world’s top crude palm oil producer has turned into Malaysia’s best stock from its worst.
08-08-2016
East Kalimantan to Integrate Palm Oil, Corn Fields
08/08/2016 (Tempo.co) - East Kalimantan Province will integrate palm oil and corn fields. East Kalimantan Research and Development Center head Dwi Nugraho Hidayanto said the scheme could be developed to achieve food security.
08-08-2016
Innovations in the Palm Oil Sector
08/08/2016 (Borneo Post) - With the first half of 2016 just ended, the palm oil industry continues to be plagued by issues pertaining to manpower shortages, non-tariff barriers on palm products in major importing countries and local high taxation rates.
08-08-2016
Landcorp to Stop Using Palm By-product
08/08/2016 (NZCity) - State-owned enterprise Landcorp will stop using palm kernel expeller and transition to alternative feed supplements from June next year.
08-08-2016
Sustainable Palm Oil Body to Lift IOI Group Suspension on Aug 8
08/08/2016 (Reuters) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) on Friday announced that it will lift the suspension of sustainable certification for the entire IOI Group on Monday.
08-08-2016
In June 2016 Ukraine Increased Palm Oil Imports to 16.7 KMT
08/08/2016 (UkrAgroConsult) - During June 2016 Ukraine imported 16.7 KMT of palm oil against 9.3 KMT in June 2015.
08-08-2016
Cameroon Imports 16,000 Tons of Palm Oil, to Absorb Production Deficit
08/08/2016 (Cameroon Concord) - Cameroon imports 16,000 tons of palm oil, to absorb production deficit
08-08-2016
VEGOILS-Palm Drops From 7-week High on Stronger Ringgit
08/08/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Friday from their seven-week highs hit in the previous session, as a stronger ringgit hurt prices.
08-08-2016
Disappointing China July Imports Suggest Cooling Domestic Demand
08/08/2016 (Reuters) - China's exports and imports fell more than expected in July in a rocky start to the third quarter, pointing to further weakness in global demand in the aftermath of Britain's decision to leave the European Union.