Berita Arkib

14/09/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up on Friday, as buying interest surged after prices fell to the lowest in more than three weeks, although fears remained that stocks of the tropical oil would surge.

14/09/2013 (Jakarta Post) - Two producers and a user of palm oil that took some flak during the haze crisis in June this year have defended themselves at a seminar. All three are headquartered or based in Singapore.

14/09/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - There has been notion among Nigerians that Malaysia came to Nigeria some years ago to get seedlings for oil palm which has placed the country as number one oil palm producing country while Nigeria lag behind in ranking. But this assertion was debunked recently by crop scientists when some select journalists, fellows of the Biosciences for Farming in Africa (B4FA,) were in the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research (NIFOR). JIMOH BABATUNDE captured the presentations of Dr. (Mrs.) Christy Okwuagwu, the most senior crop scientist at the institute. Here is an excerpt.

14/09/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Fear of import duty hike on refined oils led to higher volume being traded in edible oil market on Friday. Palmolein and rapeseed oil rose by Rs 2 each. Cotton refined oil was up Rs 5. Soyabean oil was dropped by Re 1 while sunflower oil lost Rs 5-10 for 10 kg. Groundnut oil remained steady.

14/09/2013 (Reuters) - India's vegetable oil imports fell around 15 percent in August for their second straight month-on-month drop as the weak rupee made purchases dearer, a Mumbai-based trade body said, bringing some small relief on the economic front to the government.

14/09/2013 (Global Times) - The Indonesian government would raise the issue of sustainable palm oil plantation during the APEC meeting in Bali in October, saying the country has implemented eco- friendly plantation, Coordinating Minister for Economy Hatta Rajasa said on Friday.

14/09/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil capped the first weekly decline in five on speculation that increasing output in top growers Indonesia and Malaysia will boost stockpiles.

14/09/2013 (Reuters AlertNet) – Communities in Cameroon’s Southwest Region fear they could lose their land after environment groups warned that U.S.-owned palm oil firm Herakles Farms is seeking to sell off existing plantations in the face of local resistance and expand its activities in other areas.

14/09/2013 (Business Recorder) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

14/09/2013 (BusinessDay) - Establishment of vegetable oil refinery can be justified on the following grounds:

13/09/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Thursday, snapping three straight sessions of losses after an early three-week low lured bargain hunters into the market.

13/09/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil gained for the first time in four days before a government report that may show the U.S. soybean crop will be smaller than forecast after dry weather hurt yields, reducing global oilseed supplies.