Archived News

05/12/2013 (Business Recorder) - Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

05/12/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm advanced the most in almost two weeks on speculation that an increase in crude oil prices to the highest level in more than a month will boost demand for the tropical oil in biodiesel as production declines in Indonesia.

05/12/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - The sentiment in the edible oils market turned firm on Wednesday tracking a rebound in domestic and overseas futures. Physical demand too improved. Malaysian palm

05/12/2013 (Liberian Dialogue) - The Koffa Report, regarding dispute between Golden Veroleum and Butaw District, Sinoe County, Liberia

05/12/2013 (Mongabay.com) - A coalition of investors and asset managers is urging stakeholders in the palm oil industry to adopt policies that exclude deforestation and human rights violations from their supply chains.

05/12/2013 (Bernama) - The Capacity Building Programme initiative spearheaded by Malaysia at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) level has helped several member nations like Bangladesh, Sierra Leone and Mauritania, said Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin.

04/12/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower for the third straight day on Tuesday, hurt by weaker-than-expected exports, but prices were held up by prospects that monsoon floods could dent output in the world's second-largest producer.

04/12/2013 (Reuters) - Palm oil firm Golden Agri-Resources Ltd fell more than 2 percent on Tuesday, headed for its biggest daily loss in nearly a month due to lower palm oil prices, and weighed on Singapore's benchmark stock index, which was little changed.

04/12/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils continued to decline, tracking sharp drop in futures market in the absence of physical demand.

04/12/2013 (Bernama) - The push to speed up consultations on problems relating to Malaysia-Indonesia land and sea borders is among the items agreed to by both countries at the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting here Monday night.

04/12/2013 (Domestic Fuel) - Renewable diesel from European company Neste Oil has been certified sustainable. This company news release says it’s the world’s first company to be awarded an RSPO-RED Supply Chain certificate under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) new certification system, covering the production of NExBTL renewable diesel:

04/12/2013 (The Star) - From palm oil, rubber, iron ore to eggs, Asia's new commodity derivatives are drawing in global exchanges eager to profit from rising trade volumes and a likely shift of pricing benchmarks from the West.