Berita Arkib

02/08/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil declined on speculation that a record soybean crop in the U.S. will add to global oilseed supplies, reducing demand for the tropical oil.

02/08/2013 (Bloomberg) - Kellogg Co. (K:US) Chief Executive Officer John Bryant found himself ear-to-ear with a shareholder activist on yesterday’s earnings conference call.

01/08/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to a one-week high on Wednesday, supported by a recovery in export demand, although gains were capped by prospects of higher global oilseed supplies.

01/08/2013 (Economic Times) - India\'s refined palm oil imports could surge almost 69 percent to a record high in the year ending October, a key industry official said, as consumption picks up pace ahead of the festival season starting next month.

01/08/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - A bill to provide for the regulation of cultivation, production and processing of oil palm and related matters was passed in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday providing for constitution of a price fixation committee, among other things.

01/08/2013 (MLive.com) - Members from a consumer watchdog group will hand-deliver a petition to Kellogg Co. on Thursday, which asks the company to end a partnership with a company, accused of harming rainforests.

01/08/2013 (The Island.lk) - Watawala Plantations PLC (WATA) – a member of the Sunshine Group, has posted a 14 percent growth in revenue (YoY) to report Rs. 1.5 billion for the first quarter ended June 30, 2013. WATA posted a PAT of Rs. 11.4 million, down 92.3 percent compared to a PAT of Rs. 147.5 million posted during the same quarter last year.  \"In a wage impact year, contrasting unhealthy weather pattern, which prevailed during the 1st quarter, was the most critical factor impacting profitability,\" the company said in a statement releasing its interim financial results.

01/08/2013 (The Star) - The following factors are likely toinfluence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

01/08/2013 (Business Recorder) - Wednesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

31/07/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures posted their biggest daily rise in almost seven months on Tuesday amid hopes exports would improve in the second half of July, although lacklustre U.S. soy markets dragged on the tropical oil.

31/07/2013 (Bernama) - Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs), unhappy over unproductive debate over demand for palm oil and its impact on indigenous peoples' rights, crucial wildlife habitats and environmental pollution, have teamed up to form a coalition.

31/07/2013 (UkrAgroConsult) - Indonesia's production of crude palm oil (CPO) in the first six months of 2013 rose 25.64 percent compared to semester I-2012 to 14.7 million tons, which is a little over half of this year's CPO production target. Despite weak global demand for the commodity (accompanied by falling CPO prices), growth was accomplished due to new seeds that became productive and because the total size of Indonesian palm oil estates continues to expand. Productive estates now stand at 9.4 million hectares from 8.7 million hectares last year.