Archived News

25/05/2011 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up on Tuesday, as investors positioned themselves ahead of export data later this week, though lingering worries about euro zone debt capped gains.

25/05/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Palm oil advanced, following gains in soybeans as planting delays in the US because of rains and floods increased concern that supplies may be reduced.

25/05/2011 (Environmental Leader) - SC Johnson, the maker of Glade, Windex and Ziploc, announced today that it will buy only sustainable palm oil by 2015.

25/05/2011 (Business Times) - Crude palm oil futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed higher yesterday with market players bullish over the May 1-25 palm oil export data, due to be released today, dealers said.

25/05/2011 (Bernama) - Sabah is expected to contribute about RM5 billion of the RM115 billion national target per annum for realised investment.

25/05/2011 (Bernama) -- Felda Palm Industries Sdn Bhd is aiming to get an average of 10 factories annually, belonging to Felda Global Group, equipped with biogas traps in five years time.

25/05/2011 (Tempo Interactive) - The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry continues to develop bio-energy in Indonesia. Bio-energy utilization will not only increase national energy resilience, but also provide cleaner energy.

25/05/2011 (News Straits Times) - At least, that is what 65 students from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Indonesia’s Universitas Tanjungpura are trying to prove on a 6,500km journey from Singapore to Laos which began on Sunday.

24/05/2011 (Bernama) - Total trade between Malaysia and China's Guangxi Province, reached a record US$260 million last year.

24/05/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil declined, ending the longest rally in more than two months, as falling crude oil prices reduced the appeal of the commodity as a source of biofuel.

24/05/2011 (Bloomberg) - China’s palm oil imports, the world’s second-biggest, rose to the highest level this year in April as warmer weather boosted demand for the cooking oil.

24/05/2011 (Bloomberg) - The U.S. and China led 23 nations in agreeing on the the first guidelines for producing biofuel from crops such as palm oil, an agricultural commodity used for cooking and to make detergents as well as fuel.