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07/12/2015 (The Star) - The proposed acquisition of a 37% stake in Indonesia’s PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk had to be reviewed due to lower crude palm oil (CPO) prices and weaker ringgit higher, says Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV).

07/12/2015 (Yahoo News UK) - Engineers and scientists are working to produce the first yeast-based alternative to palm oil on an industrial scale.

07/12/2015 (Bernama) - The ASEAN Economic Community will still remain the main priority for Malaysia although the country has decided to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), says International Trade and Industry Ministry.

07/12/2015 (The Star) - Oil palm was the topic of discussion at the Agriculture Technology Seminar Series XII organised by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s (Utar) Faculty of Science and Centre for Biodiversity Research.

07/12/2015 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian palm oil futures climbed higher on Friday to 2,367, on expectations that dry weather due to the El Nino weather pattern will reduce production across Southeast Asia.

07/12/2015 (Reuters) - Indian oilseed futures fell on Friday after trade data showed oilmeal exports in November slumped 41 percent from a year earlier as crushing of soybeans declined due to higher cost of the oilseed and lower prices of oil and meal.

04/12/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Friday December 4 2015.

04/12/2015 (The Star) - A rebound in Malaysian exports to China is unlikely next year, as global demand outside of the United States remains uncertain.

04/12/2015 (Bernama) - Malaysia's participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is in its national interest as non-participation will place the country's policy of close and friendly relations with countries at risk.

04/12/2015 (Bernama) - Malaysia's total trade rose 8.2 per cent, year-on-year, to RM139.46 billion in October 2015, thanks to robust exports, said the International Trade and Industry Ministry.

04/12/2015 (Western Producer) - Global palm oil production might not rise this year, breaking a 17-year trend of higher production.


04/12/2015 (Bernama) - Sustainable development has always been at the centre of the way Hap Seng Plantations Holdings Bhd operates, said Chief Executive Group Plantations, Au Yong Siew Fah.