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18-07-2014
Angola: Industry Minister Visits Futila Industrial Growth Point
18/07/2014 (AllAfrica.com) — The Angolan minister of Industry, Bernarda Gonçalves Martins, visited Thursday the works underway in the Fútila Industrial Hub and Wheat Flour Milling in Malembo, northern Cabinda province.
18-07-2014
Malaysia Keeps August Crude Palm Oil Export Tax at 5 Pct
18/07/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysia, the world's second-largest palm grower, has kept its crude palm oil export tax for August at 5 percent, a government circular showed on Friday, the same as a month ago.
17-07-2014
Project On Promotion Of Green Economy With Palm Oil Industry For Biodiversity Conservation
17/07/2014 (Bernama) - It is with great pleasure we announce the SATREPS Launching Ceremony and Workshop to be held in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on 18th July, 2014. The event serves as an official kick-off of the project, with the launching ceremony and workshop organized to officiate and promote the project amongst all stakeholders including the participating agencies, Sabah State Government, palm oil millers, investors and public at large.
17-07-2014
FGV To List Potential Companies
17/07/2014 (Bernama) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV), the world's largest palm oil producer, plans to list potential companies under its six clusters on Bursa Malaysia.
17-07-2014
New Sustainable Palm Oil Manifesto Accused of Greenwashing
17/07/2014 (FoodNavigator.com) - A new sustainable palm oil scheme has met with criticism from environmentalists claiming that it actually allows deforestation, rather than stopping it.
17-07-2014
Tanah Makmur Bucks Mart Trend To Soar 52 Per Cent At Midday
17/07/2014 (Bernama) - Bursa Malaysia's Main Market debutante, Tanah Makmur Bhd, made a commendable entry today amid a broadly quiet trading by gaining 52 per cent at the close of midday session to end at RM1.90.
17-07-2014
Water Impact Ignored in Palm Oil Production: Study
17/07/2014 (eco-business.com) - The overlooked impact of unsustainable management of palm oil plantations on water quality combined with El Niño-associated drought could lead to a ‘perfect storm’, warn United States researchers.
17-07-2014
Bursa Malaysia's Pre-tax Profit For Q2 Down To RM65.8 Million
17/07/2014 (Bernama) - Bursa Malaysia Bhd's pre-tax profit for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014 declined to RM65.8 million from the RM77.28 million recorded in the same quarter last year.
17-07-2014
UPDATE 1-Malaysia's July 1-15 Palm Exports Rise 14.2 Pct -ITS
17/07/2014 (Reuters) - Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for July 1-15 rose 14.2 percent to 673,463 tonnes from 589,748 tonnes during June 1-15, cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services said on Wednesday.
17-07-2014
GPPOL Contributes More Than $600-M Economically
17/07/2014 (Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation) - The Guadalcanal Plains Palm Oil Company has contributed more than $600 million towards the country’s economy for the last five years.
17-07-2014
TDM Buying Indonesian Plantation Company
17/07/2014 (The Star) - Terengganu-based TDM Bhd is buying a 95% stake in Indonesia’s PT Sawit Rezki Abadi for RM129,980 to develop oil palm plantations and to operate oil palm businesses in that country.
17-07-2014
Analysis:Boosting the Development of Indonesia’s Eastern Regions
17/07/2014 (Jakarta Post) - In the past four years, Indonesia has shown steady economic growth, despite our domestic structural problems and global economic turmoil. Last year Indonesia suffered from a US$4.1 billion trade deficit, a 3.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) current-account deficit and the rupiah depreciated to approximately 12,300 per US dollar at the end of 2013 due mainly to the US Federal Reserve’s tapering off policy.