Archived News
11-09-2015
NIFOR Warns Against Palm Oil Adulteration
11/09/2015 (The Nation) - The Director of Research, Nigeria Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR), Dr Celestine Ikuenobe, has warned against adulteration of palm oil.
11-09-2015
Retail Buying Lifts Palmolein Oil Prices By Rs 100
11/09/2015 (Business Standard) - Palmolein oil prices rose by Rs 100 per quintal at the wholesale oil and oilseed market today on pick up in demand from retailers and vanaspati millers.
10-09-2015
Vegoils: Market Factors to Watch Thursday Sept 10
10/09/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday September 10.
10-09-2015
Uggah Leads Mission To China
10/09/2015 (Bernama) - Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas will be leading a Palm Oil and Timber Promotion Mission to China on Sept 10-16.
10-09-2015
Call to Invest in Downstream Value-adding Using Palm Oil
10/09/2015 (Daily Express) - The economic value of biomass can potentially outstrip palm oil if can be mobilised for the production of the right products.
10-09-2015
Malaysia to Begin Oil Palm Replanting Scheme to Cut Down Palm Oil Stocks
10/09/2015 (Biofuels Digest) - In Malaysia, the government plans to tackle the problem of oversupplies that are weighing on palm oil prices by encouraging the destruction of old trees and replanting with newer ones, a program set to begin in October.
10-09-2015
Thailand's PTT to Sell More Palm Oil Assets in Indonesia
10/09/2015 (Reuters) - PTT Pcl, Thailand's largest energy firm, said on Wednesday it will sell its stake in a palm oil business in Indonesia for an undisclosed sum as part of a plan to divest non-core assets.
10-09-2015
MPOC to Educate Consumers on Palm Oil's Nutritional Values
10/09/2015 (New Straits Times) - Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) is raising publicity on the truth of oil palm planting and palm oil nutrition as it launched “a mark of provenance and an information campaign†in France and Belgium.
10-09-2015
CIMB Research Retains Average CPO Price Forecast at RM2,230
10/09/2015 (The Star) - CIMB Equities Research is maintaining its average crude palm oil (CPO) price forecast of RM2,230 per tonne for 2015, pending the price stabilisation measures to counter the falling CPO price.
10-09-2015
Mpika to Get Zambeef Out-grower Scheme
10/09/2015 (Zambia Daily Mail) - Products intends to set up an out-grower scheme in Mpika to feed into its 20,000-hectare Zampalm plantation and enable local farmers to participate in palm oil production business.
10-09-2015
Coconut Oil Steady as Festival Demand Ends
10/09/2015 (Hindu Business Line) - Coconut oil market in Kerala remained steady this week, with the end of the festival season. Prices are quoting at ₹11,600 a quintal in the absence of local demand.
10-09-2015
UPDATE 1-Malaysia August Palm Stocks Rise to Around 2.5 Mln Tonnes
10/09/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil stocks rose 10 percent to 2.49 million tonnes in July, higher than expected due to slowing Indian demand and as flooding last year delayed planting, industry regulator data showed on Thursday.