Archived News

25/09/2013 (The Star) - Property developer Land & General Bhd (L&G), which has ventured into plantations, is expected to face queries from the Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG) at a shareholders meeting on Wednesday.

25/09/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) last week launched with a big bang what it called an innovative financing concept to help oil palm smallholders improve their productivity through a management linkage with plantation companies.

25/09/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - Following months of latent tension between Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) and citizens in district four of Grand Bassa County, government has restored calmed, Justice Minister Christiana Tah has disclosed.

24/09/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Monday as the ringgit weakened, after falling earlier in the day to their lowest in more than a month on predictions that rising output of the tropical oil could drag prices to new lows in early 2014.

24/09/2013 (The Star) - Journalists from France and Belgium visited the United Plantations’ Jenderata Estate here to learn how Malaysian oil palm plantations are run.

24/09/2013 (Confectionery Production) - Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has announced a new national campaign that aims to remove “Conflict Palm Oil” from America’s snack foods by convincing major food companies to implement responsible palm oil policies.

24/09/2013 (Bloomberg) - Record inventories of palm in Indonesia, the largest producer, will add to the biggest global supply of vegetable oils in history, driving down costs for makers of everything from food to fuel to soap.

24/09/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm rose the most in more than a week on speculation increasing exports from Malaysia may slow an expansion in reserves and as the nation’s currency weakened for a third day, boosting the appeal of ringgit-denominated futures.

24/09/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Indian Palm oil imports are likely to remain at 83 lakh tonnes in the oil year 2013-14 starting from November, as local refiners prefer cheaper alternatives like soy and sunflower oil, Godrej International Director, Dorab Mistry said today.

24/09/2013 (THISDAY Live) - The Ministry of State for Industry, Trade and Investment has restated its commitment to develop the palm oil industry in the country, noting that the sector still remains largely untapped.

24/09/2013 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 288,334 tonnes of cargo comprising 213,520 tonnes of import cargo and 74,814 tonnes of export cargo including 5,888 loaded and empty containers during the last 48 hours ended at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargo of 213,520 tonnes comprised 95,764 tonnes of containerised cargo; 28,676 tonnes of general cargo; 9,893 tonnes of bulk cargo: 4,395 tonnes of DAP; 1,827 tonnes of rape seed; 3,671 tonnes of soyabean meal and 79,187 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

24/09/2013 (Economic Times) - As per data monitored by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Food, prices of Edible Oils during the week ending on September 19th, 2013 remained steady across the country.