Archived News

07/05/2012 (Bernama) - Palm oil is safe to be used as biodiesel compared to other vegetable oil and met the Renewable Fuel Standard in the United States, said a researcher from the Bogor Agricultural Institute.

07/05/2012 (The Star) - Previously, biomass was not a product that was sought after. In fact, companies used to pay third parties to assist in disposing it. However, in recent years as people and companies are getting more environmentally friendly, biomass products began to be high in demand.

07/05/2012 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port activity was not received on Saturday.

07/05/2012 (Liberian Observer) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$56 million to help Liberian farmers boost food security by producing more local consumer foods.

07/05/2012 (The Star) - The crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to trade lower this week amid quiet conditions and in the absence of positive factors.

07/05/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Publicly-listed oil palm plantation company PT Astra Agro Lestari (AALI) recently obtained credit amounting to US$50 million from three banks to finance expansion projects, an executive has said.

05/05/2012 (Bernama) - Sandakan will once again play host to Malaysia's largest palm oil exhibition, PALMEX Malaysia 2012, amid its growing prospects and importance in the country's oil palm industry.

05/05/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil posted the biggest weekly decline this year on speculation that production in Malaysia probably gained for a second month in April, boosting global cooking-oil supplies.

05/05/2012 (Bloomberg) - Soybeans advanced for the first time in four days as U.S. export sales increased, draining inventories in the world’s largest grower. Corn and wheat rose.

05/05/2012 (The Star) - Is the value and worth of an oil palm plantation in a structural uptrend?

05/05/2012 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 76,241 tonnes of cargo comprising1 55,022 tonnes of import cargo and 21,219 tonnes of export cargo including 1,997 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Friday.

05/05/2012 (Bloomberg) - Brazilian biodiesel producers are seeking export agreements with Spanish oil companies after the European country moved to cut off imports of the renewable fuel from Argentina.