Archived News

25/03/2011 (Agrimoney.com) - It's a big day. Well, it could be. OK, latest thinking is that there is only an outside chance.

24/03/2011 (Bangkok Post) - Retail prices of cooking palm oil will remain at 47 baht a litre despite the easing in raw material costs because of the fear of price fluctuations, says the National Palm Oil Policy Committee.

24/03/2011 (Business Times) - CRUDE palm oil (CPO) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended lower yesterday on mild profit-taking, dealers said.

24/03/2011 (Biofuels Digest) - In Malaysia, the European Union’s Commission for Trade Karel de Gucht said there will be a sustainability chapter which will address the import of palm oil into the region as part of ongoing Free Trade Negotiations between Malaysia and the EU.

24/03/2011 (Business Times) - Malaysia will introduce new lending guidelines for financial institutions in the third quarter of this year, central bank Governor Zeti Akhtar Aziz told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today.

24/03/2011 (The Jakarta Post) - The central government is set to speed up the revitalization of Aceh plantations by advancing the deadline for the planting of oil palm and rubber trees across 41,200 hectares of land in the province.

23/03/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil fell for a second day on concern that a drop in exports from Malaysia, the second-largest producer, may expand stockpiles of the world’s most used cooking oil.

23/03/2011 (The Star Online) - A biotechnology company is using genome technology to help reduce oil palm’s long breeding cycle by 50%.

23/03/2011 (Pakistan Mail News) - Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Livestock & Diary Development Mir Israrullah Zehri has said that agriculture and livestock will be promoted on priority basis in Balochistan province to capitalise on the natural potentials of that province.

23/03/2011 (Business Times) - Bank Negara Malaysia may announce a higher inflation forecast for 2011 when it releases its latest annual report today.

23/03/2011 (The Star) - THE world has been gripped by the unfolding crisis in the northeast of Japan where an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear catastrophe has killed lives, damaged property and now threaten to sour sentiment and confidence in the world's third-largest economy.

22/03/2011 (The Borneo Post) - There is a promising prospect for a higher revenue collection for Sabah this year due to the encouraging improvement in the palm oil and petroleum markets.