Berita Arkib

KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Wednesday Jan 17.

KUALA LUMPUR: About 2,000 palm oil farmers protested Tuesday (Jan 16) against a push by the European Parliament to ban the use of the commodity in biofuels, saying it would devastate rural people's livelihoods.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) has secured the support of 57 members of the European Parliament for Malaysia’s palm oil industry.

A Bornean orangutan, a critically endangered species, has been found stabbed to death in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province, a conservation official said on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Malaysian palm oil futures fell as much as 2% in Tuesday evening trade, touching their lowest in more than two weeks, as a stronger ringgit and concerns over a European Union vote to curb palm oil imports dented sentiment.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) has labelled the European Union (EU) as hypocrite and accused it of trying to carry out an economic colonialisation of palm oil producing countries over its proposed ban on the commodity.

While its proponents say the bill is needed to protect the industry, citing a Western conspiracy against Indonesian palm oil, environmental activists say it will do little to address the ills attributed to the industry

No two bakers or baked foods are alike. Every formula and every baker require specific needs from the ingredients, whether it’s an ingredient to improve machineability or one that cleans up the label. With everything bakers choose to put in their formulas, they weigh functionality, nutrition and labeling concerns. Each baker’s priorities and each formula’s needs are different. That’s why Cargill created its Regal line of shortenings, to give bakers even more options to meet that diverse range of needs.

Crude palm oil prices fell 0.44 per cent to Rs 563.40 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators booked profits at higher levels amid fall in demand in the spot market.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Monday, recovering from an earlier more than two-week low, as traders forecast falling production in the coming weeks.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) is strengthening its fight against European Union recommendations and policy measures concerning palm oil with a strongly-worded position paper which criticizes and challenges the EU’s stance.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): Malaysian palm oil futures hit their lowest in more than two weeks on Monday, on the back of stronger ringgit while traders remained cautious ahead of cargo surveyors' export data release.