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22-06-2015
Crude Palm Oil Weekly Report – June 20, 2015
22/06/2015 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian palm oil futures climbed higher on Friday to 2,240, due to the weakening ringgit.
22-06-2015
Mosta Oil Palm Best Practices Workshop in August
22/06/2015 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian Oil Scientist and Technologyst Association (Mosta) will be hosting ‘Oil Palm Best Practices Workshop 2015’ from Aug 17-19 at Imperial Hotel here.
22-06-2015
Select Edible Oils Weaken on Sluggish Demand; Higher Supply
22/06/2015 (Economic Times) - The wholesale oil and oilseed market depicted a weak trend during the week as select edible oil prices declined owing to slackened demand from vanaspati millers and retailers at prevailing levels amidst increased supplies from growing regions.
19-06-2015
VEGOILS-Palm Drops to Near 3-wk Low as Ringgit Advances Over 1 Pct
19/06/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell to their lowest in nearly three weeks on Thursday as the ringgit advanced and competing soyoil markets overseas weighed on sentiment.
19-06-2015
VEGOILS-Market Factors to Watch June 19
19/06/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures markets.
19-06-2015
ZamPalm Pioneers Zambia’s First Palm Oil Platation
19/06/2015 (Lusaka Times) - Zampalm in Mpika is Zambia’s first ever palm plantation. The plantation boasts 2,800 hectares of palm plants, which when harvested will produce crude palm oil that is the basic ingredient in most vegetable oils on the market in Zambia.
19-06-2015
US Ban on Transfat Good for Overall Palm Oil Industry
19/06/2015 (Borneo Post) - The proposal by US to ban trans fat in its food supply has been viewed as overall positive for the palm oil industry in terms of off-take.
19-06-2015
Ado-Ekiti Polytechnic Opens 200 Hectares of Oil-Palm to Boost Revenue
19/06/2015 (Premium Times) - Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, on Thursday inaugurated a 200-hectare of an oil palm plantation.
19-06-2015
VEGOILS-Palm Edges up as Ringgit Weakens, But Posts 2nd Weekly Drop
19/06/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures recovered after hitting three-week lows on Friday as the ringgit eased, although steep losses earlier this week dragged the tropical oil to its second straight weekly loss.
19-06-2015
FGV Trading Targets Revenue Of Between RM6 Bln & RM8 Bln This Year
19/06/2015 (Bernama) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV)'s wholly owned subsidiary, FGV Trading, is targeting a revenue of between RM6 billion and RM8 billion this year.
19-06-2015
EHP Investment In Line With Plan To Become Leading Integrated Palm Oil Plantation Firm - FGV
19/06/2015 (Bernama) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) today clarified that its proposed investment in PT Eagle High Plantations (EHP) is in line with its plan to become a world leading integrated palm oil plantation company.
18-06-2015
Produce Solely CSPO Ideal Way Forward, Sabah Told
18/06/2015 (Bernama) - Sabah would become a pioneer and global leader should the state government goes ahead with a proposal to produce solely Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) in the next 10 years.