Berita Arkib

20/11/2015 (Biofuel Digest) - In Thailand, Benjamas Cheirsilp of Prince of Songkla University has been recognized by the L’Oreal’s “For Women in Science” Fellowship program for her research on the “Isolation and Screening of Oleaginous Fungi for Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Wastes from Palm Oil Mill to Biodiesel Feedstocks,” looking at ways to create renewable energy from the natural breakdown of waste.

20/11/2015 (Hindu Business Line) - The cash-strapped Railways has proposed an annual Plan outlay of Rs. 8,600 crores for 1996-97, against Rs. 7,500 crores in the current fiscal. According to sources, the Ministry plans to seek budgetary support of around 33 per cent on the annual Plan size which translates to over Rs. 2,830 crores. The proposal will shortly be forwarded to the Planning Commission, which has convened a meeting on November 30 to discuss it. Sources said emphasis in the work-plan would be on acquiring rolling stock, in view of the current shortage of wagons and locomotives.

20/11/2015 (Latin Correspondent) - International NGOs are calling for an end to environmental destruction and human rights abuses caused by the palm oil industry in Mexico and Central America.

20/11/2015 (The Star) - The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has come out in support for the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to launch the voluntary add-on standard, RSPO Next.

20/11/2015 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices were down by 0.41% to Rs 382.70 per 10 kg today after speculators booked profits at prevailing levels amid subdued spot demand.

19/11/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

19/11/2015 (Reuters) - Palm oil is expected to trade at 2,300-2,400 ringgit per tonne in the first quarter of 2016, as recent rain patterns suggest a limited impact on yields from El Nino, the chief executive of plantation firm Felda Global Ventures said.

19/11/2015 (Reuters) - Indonesia's crude palm oil (CPO) output dropped slightly in October from the previous month, a Reuters survey showed, in part due to the choking haze that disrupted travel and agriculture in Southeast Asia for most of the last two months.

19/11/2015 (Bernama) - The Felda Youth Council Cooperative (FYCC) is targeting total sales of RM24 million by 2017 through its green technology-based cleaning product, D'Belda.

19/11/2015 (The Sun) - Oil palm plantation company Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KL Kepong) saw its net profit for the last quarter (Q4) ended Sept 30, 2015 jump 9.14% to RM186.3 million, compared with RM170.7 million in the previous corresponding quarter, on favourable fair value changes.

19/11/2015 (Jakarta Post) - The national haze calamity is about to end with increased showers and commencement of the rainy season in the hot-spot areas. The magnitude of the catastrophic haze left a number of long-term impacts on public health, community livelihood, socio-economic and environmental dimensions, particularly in Kalimantan and Sumatra.

19/11/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures made their biggest single-day climb in over a week after sinking to a three-week low earlier on Wednesday, as weak demand generally kept prices under pressure.