Archived News

18/11/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia Eximbank, also known as the Export Financing Agency, said that the palm oil industry accounted for most of its buyers’ credit amid the company’s efforts to diversify its financing disbursement.

18/11/2011 (Bloomberg) - PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia’s biggest listed plantation company by market value, failed to sell 9,000 metric tons of palm oil it offered at an auction in Jakarta today.

18/11/2011 (Borneo Post) - Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has taken various steps to address the problems faced by oil palm smallholders in Mukah.

18/11/2011 (Daily Times) - Four ships carrying containers, 52,000 tonnes furnace oil 42,007 tonnes sunflower seeds and 21,000 tonnes palm oil were arranged berthing at Qasim Internationa Container Terminal, FOTCO Oil terminal, grain and fertilizer terminal and Liquid cargo terminal respectively on Wednesday.

18/11/2011 (The Star) - TSH Resources Bhd (TSH) posted an 89% jump in its third-quarter net profit to RM34.5mil versus a year earlier on a 27% higher revenue of RM273.1mil.

18/11/2011 (ThePoultrySite) - Indonesia has emerged as one of the leading Asian countries for economic growth post-global financial crisis and looks set to lead the Southeast Asian growth story for the next decade, according to a new Rabobank report.

18/11/2011 (UN News Centre) – Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also communities whose income, culture and way of life depend on healthy forests, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed today on a visit to Indonesia.

18/11/2011 (The Star) - Since early this year, there have been many SOS calls seeking the Government to address the adverse impact of Indonesia's palm oil export duty structure on export competitiveness of local palm oil downstream industries.

17/11/2011 (New Straits Times) - Increased production can reduce aviation industry’s greenhouse gas emissions.

17/11/2011 (Fox News) - Palm olein, a liquid form of palm oil used in cooking and baking, has been considered neutral in its effects on cholesterol but a new Danish study suggests the vegetable fat could behave more like lard in the body.

17/11/2011 (The Star) - Labour issues in the plantation industry are becoming major problems as palm oil companies try to increase production and efficiency.

17/11/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - WWF-Indonesia is appealing to authorities to take steps to save a valuable area of Sumatran jungle from deforestation after an “amazing” five of the seven wild cat species found on the island were captured on camera.