Berita Arkib

22/08/2013 (Jakarta Post) - Executive director of the Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) Commission Rosediana Suharto says that 10 more oil palm companies have obtained the mandatory ISPO certificates, making 20 certified firms in total.

22/08/2013 (Radio Australia) - New research into the growth of Papua New Guinea's Palm Oil industry has alleged most of the land being cleared, for the stated purpose of planting plantations, is being used as a cover for logging operations.

22/08/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Weak copra arrivals coupled with good consumer demand spurted coconut oil prices to a new yearly high in the Kerala and Tamil Nadu markets this week. A strong corporate buying also drove copra prices to a new height.

22/08/2013 (The Star) - IOI Corp Bhd posted a weaker fourth quarter ended June 30 net profit of RM267.1mil compared with RM410.6mil a year ago due to lower earnings from the plantation segment, property investment and non-recurring gain realised at the previous corresponding quarter.

22/08/2013 (Food Business News) - Blommer Chocolate Co. plans to offer 100% R.S.P.O.-certified, mass balance palm oil in the United States following certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. Products should be available this fall. The R.S.P.O. seeks to transform markets to make sustainable palm oil the norm.

22/08/2013 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

21/03/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged lower on Tuesday as traders booked profits from a recent rally, although losses were trimmed by resilient exports and dry weather concerns in soy-producing U.S. Midwest.

21/08/2013 (Bloomberg) - Record palm-oil exports from Indonesia, the world’s largest producer, in the first five months this year indicated “sharply higher world import requirements,” according to Oil World.

21/08/2013 (Patriotic Vanguard) - The Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) of the African Agriculture Fund (AAF) is pleased to announce a grant of €280,000 to Center Piece Industries Limited (Center Piece) for the implementation of the TAF Smallholder Oil Palm Support Program in Sierra Leone.

21/08/2013 (BusinessWorld Online Edition) - Oil palm should be among the preferred crops for planting in areas ravaged by typhoon Pablo in Davao Oriental, Sen. Cynthia A. Villar told local media.

21/08/2013 (The Star) - Palm oil specialist CB Industrial Product Bhd’s second quarter net profit came in below expectations at RM18.9mil, 20% down year-on-year, but HwangDBS Vickers Research remains bullish on the stock, maintaining its Buy call with the target price revised downwards 10 sen to RM3.10 for the stock which closed at RM2.87 on Monday.

21/08/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The European Union (EU) has decided to free Indonesian biofuel from provisional countervailing duties, as its preliminary investigation reveals insignificant subsidy margins.