Berita Arkib

Crude palm oil prices drift lower by 0.35 per cent to Rs 593.80 per 10 kg in futures market today as speculators cut positions in line with weak international prices and on muted spot demand.

Sliding emerging market currencies are ringing alarm bells among traders concerned that palm oil demand will weaken across the region from China to Iran, as reduced purchasing power cuts into imports into countries like Turkey and India.

Future expansion of the palm oil industry could have a dramatic impact on African primates, according to the findings of a new study led by the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission's science and knowledge service

KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Thursday Aug 16.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Wednesday to their lowest in nearly two weeks in the second half of trade, tracking losses in U.S. soyoil and on weak export demand.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Wednesday to their lowest in nearly two weeks in the second half of trade, tracking losses in US soyoil and on weak export demand. Also, weighing on sentiment was weakness in the Indian rupee, which has made imports expensive for local buyers in the South Asian nation.

KUCHING: Analysts believe the ongoing crisis in Turkey will have a “minimal, yet cautious impact” on Malaysia despite the former being ranked as one of the top five of Malaysia’s palm oil exports destinations.

KUCHING: RAM Ratings has reaffirmed the rating of the Sabah’s RM1.0 billion Bonds (2014/2019) at AAA/stable.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government is intensifying marketing efforts to increase palm oil exports and enhance trade ties with China in the face of challenging market conditions, says Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 15): Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Wednesday to their lowest in nearly two weeks in the second half of trade, tracking losses in U.S. soyoil and on weak export demand.

At present, the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil allows its member companies to clear certain kinds of forest. The investors want the roundtable to ban all deforestation.

As palm oil plantations spread throughout the African continent, primates will struggle to survive. The two are at odds with each other, according to a new study published in PNAS, since oil palms require the same forested equatorial land that primates inhabit. In order to grow the oil palms, the original forest is cleared and the primates lose their irreplaceable habitat.