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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
CPO Futures Snap Two-Day Gains To Close Lower
India's June palm oil imports rise to six-month high on lower prices
02/07/2024 (The Edge Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur - India's palm oil imports rose by 3% in June from the previous month to reach the highest level in six months on robust demand from refiners for upcoming festivals and as the oil traded at a discount to rival oils, five dealers told Reuters.
Johor Plantations' Q1 2024 net profit more than doubles from higher revenue
02/07/2024 (New Straits Times), Kuala Lumpur - Johor Plantations Group Bhd (JPG) saw a substantial rise in its net profit, surging by 111.5 per cent to RM49.5 million in the first quarter ending March 31, 2024 (1Q24), compared to RM23.4 million in the same period a year ago.
Palm tracks rival edible oils higher
01/07/2024 (Reuters), Jakarta - Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains for the fourth straight session on Monday, underpinned by worries over subdued production and tracking rival edible oils higher.
Farm robots help plug worker shortage in Malaysian palm oil
01/07/2024 (Bloomberg) - A drone buzzes between trees on a humid Malaysian morning, monitoring the oil palm fruits as they ripen. Self-driving trucks rumble over the vast plantation’s uneven ground, laying fertilizer and picking up the densely packed harvested bunches.
Black Sea sunflower oil prices decline as veg oil complex applies pressure
01/07/2024 (Fastmarkets) - This came with an ample supply of soybean oil, a relatively significant price differential between soybean oil and sunflower oil, and falling prices for other vegetable oils, combining to put pressure to the entire complex and encouraging buyers to turn to alternatives.
Soybeans Gain Strength Throughout Monday
01/07/2024 (Barchart) - Soybeans found some assistance from bean oil on Monday, as futures were up 7 to 12 ½ cents across most contracts. Soymeal were up $3 to $5.20/ton in the nearbys, but down 90 cents to $3.10 across the other contracts. Soy Oil futures were up 168 to 206 points on some help from crude oil.
‘Stress test’: Olive oil producers adapt to climate change as production falls and prices soar
01/07/2024 (Malay Mail), Madrid - Olive oil producers are improving irrigation and seeking new varieties of olives to safeguard production as climate change upends harvests, causing prices of the staple of the Mediterranean diet to soar.
CPO Reference Gets Escalated: OF and Levy Would be US$ 118 per Ton in July 2024
01/07/2024 (InfoSAWIT), Jakarta - Reference price of crude palm oil oil ( CPO) to decide out fee (OF) and tariff on Palm Oil Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (PFMA) or known as levy in July 2024 would be US$ 800,75/metric ton (MT). The numbers got escalated US$ 21,93 or 2,82 percent from June 2024 that were US$ 778,82/MT.
Malaysia and China’s 50-year palm oil partnership: From inception to global impact
30/06/2024 (Malay Mail), Putrajaya - As 2024 marks five decades of diplomatic relations between Putrajaya and Beijing, it’s noteworthy that Malaysia holds the distinction of being China’s inaugural palm oil exporter, a milestone achieved in the mid-1980s.
