Archived News

07/02/2012 (Proactive Investors) - Equatorial Palm Oil appoints ESIA consultant; advances plans for Liberia.

07/02/2012 (Bloomberg) - Malaysia’s tax-free quota for crude palm oil exports this year was set at 3 million metric tons, Reuters reported yesterday and cited sources it did not identify.

07/02/2012 (Steelguru) - Reuters reported that Indonesia\'s crude palm oil sales to Pakistan are expected to more than triple this year as a result of a cut in import duties imposed by Islamabad following a trade pact signed.

07/02/2012 (fnbnews.com) - JVL Agro Industries Ltd, a vegetable oil solution company, is coming up with a plant near the Haldia port, West Bengal.

07/02/2012 (Business Recorder) - Shipping activity remained active at the Port Qasim where four ships carrying containers, project cargo and furnace oil were allotted berths at Qasim International Container Terminal, Multi Purpose Terminal and FOTCO Oil Terminal respectively on Sunday February 5. Meanwhile two more ships carrying chemicals and palm oil also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim during the same period.

07/02/2012 (The Star) - The pace of growth in December exports is expected to slow further on a year-on-year basis as gloomy global economic forecasts and uncertainty stemming from a recession in the eurozone dampen external demand.

07/02/2012 (National Geographic) - It is an age-old story in the developing world, one that rarely ends happily ever after. Communities without economic power that live off of land to which they do not “own” are devastated when their government transfers the property rights to wealthy outside interests, who exploit the natural resources. These land deals often result in chaos, strife, and large-scale human tragedy.

07/02/2012 (The Star) - Indonesia's economy expanded 6.5% in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, as surging domestic consumption and investment offset weakening exports growth, giving the central bank room to hold rates steady this week.

07/02/2012 (Myanmar Times) - The national trade volume for the 2011-12 fiscal year is expected to grow by more than 30 percent as a result of trade policy changes, Ministry of Commerce officials said last week.

06/02/12 (Borneo Post) - The state government, represented by the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and the Rhino and Forest Fund (RFF), signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) during the Sabah Wildlife Conservation Colloquium.

06/02/2012 - Crude palm oil futures (FCPO) on Bursa Ma­laysia Derivatives ended the week lower due to lacklustre in palm oil exports, the strengthening in ringgit and favourable weather condition in South America.

06/02/2012 (New Strait Times) - More than 5,000 settlers from 36 Felda schemes nationwide are expected to get the oil palm replanting incentive soon.