Archived News
23-11-2012
Evening Markets: Cocoa, Palm Oil Miss Out on Gains in Ags
23/11/2012 (Agrimoney.com) - Thanksgiving-goers weren't the only ones upbeat on Thursday.
23-11-2012
Golden Agri Keeps Focus on Kalimantan, Liberia for Oil Palm Expansion
23/11/2012 (Fox Business) - Singapore-listed Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. (E5H.SG), the world's second-largest oil palm planter by acreage, will continue to expand its palm plantation areas in the next year, mainly by focusing on estate acquisitions in Indonesia's Kalimantan state.
23-11-2012
Pakistan To Save $ 70M By Importing Indonesian Palm Oil: PVMA
23/11/2012 (News Tribe) - Pakistan will save 35 USD per tonne on import of palm oil from Indonesia which will help country save 70 million dollars of precious foreign exchange per annum.
23-11-2012
Facts On The Ground Undermine Herakles’ Cameroonian PR Offensive
23/11/2012 (Greenpeace International) - Bruce Wrobel, the CEO of Herakles Farms, has long claimed that his is a company that represents a positive presence in Africa.
23-11-2012
No Plans Currently To Build Palm Oil Mills For Smallholders in Tamin, Telang Usan
23/11/2012 (Borneo Post) - government has no plan at the moment to build palm oil mills specifically for smallholders in Tamin or Telang Usan
23-11-2012
KLK Earnings To Recover As Plantation Sector Gloom Ends, Says MIDF
23/11/2012 (Bernama) - Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK)'s earnings are expected to recover as the gloomy situation in the plantation sector is anticipated to end, according to MIDF Research.
23-11-2012
Anglo-Eastern Joins Throng Upbeat Over Palm Prices
23/11/2012 (Agrimoney.com) - Anglo-Eastern Plantations joined the throng of companies forecasting higher palm oil prices even as futures headed lower again, depressed by fears over the rebound in Malaysian exports.
23-11-2012
Export Restrictions on Natural Resources: The Case of Indonesia and Vietnam
23/11/2012 (International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development) - Export restrictions are not new to the global trade picture and policy toolbox. Yet, their notable rise over the past decade has pushed forward the need to enhance the current understanding of the use of export restrictions on natural resources.
23-11-2012
Fashion and Beauty: Cleaning Up With Ethical Soap
23/11/2012 (Huddersfield Examiner) - The production of palm oil – widely used in the cosmetic industry – is a matter for environmental concern.
23-11-2012
Ivomas Awarded Sustainable Certification
23/11/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Publicly listed agribusiness group, PT Salim Ivomas Pratama, announced on Thursday that its two estates and one palm oil mill in Riau province had been granted sustainable certification by the multi-stakeholder audit body, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
22-11-2012
VEGOILS-Palm Oil Closes Lower on Demand Concerns
22/11/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures eased on Wednesday, inching down for a second straight session as lacklustre export data fuelled traders' concerns over a slowdown in demand.
22-11-2012
Crude Palm Oil Prices are Expected To Recover Strongly
22/11/2012 (The Star) - Crude palm oil (CPO) prices are expected to recover strongly early next year on slowing production and improved demand, according to Rabobank International.