Berita Arkib

15/08/2013 (Bernama) - India's import of vegetable oils in July rose a marginal two per cent to 889,493 tonnes compared with 870,328 tonnes imported the same period last year, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) announced today.

15/08/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - The edible oils market turned weak on Wednesday on slack demand and bearish futures.

15/08/2013 (The Star) - RHB Research is maintaining its Neutral recommendation on Kulim Malaysia while the fair value is unchanged at RM3.53.

15/08/2013 (Mongabay.com) - Developers are seeking palm oil concessions to as a means to circumvent restrictions on industrial logging in Papua New Guinea, finds a new study published in the journal Conservation Letters.

15/08/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm swung between gains and losses as investors awaited release of data, which may show Malaysia boosted production as the country’s currency weakened, making the tropical oil cheaper for importers.

15/08/2013 (Reuters) - India's imports of refined palm oil fell for a second straight month in July on high domestic stocks and a weak rupee that made overseas purchases expensive.

14/08/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures hit a one-month high on Tuesday after the U.S. government made deeper-than-expected cuts to its forecasts for soybean yields and stocks, while strong exports of the tropical oil also helped prop up prices.

14/08/2013 (The Star) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

14/08/2013 (Borneo Post) - In its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) unexpectedly cuts its US soybean production estimate by five per cent to 88.60 million metric tonnes (mmt) or three per cent below the consensus forecast of 91.36mmt mainly on lower harvested area and yield estimates.

14/08/2013 (The Star) - Unico-Desa Plantations Bhd’s earnings fell 96.8% to RM348,000 in the first quarter ended June 30, 2013 from RM10.89mil a year ago due to lower crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel (PK) selling prices.

14/08/2013 (Business in Cameroon) - A group of universities and NGOs, in a joint report say the proposed oil palm plantation in the South-West threatens the survival of some species in this region of Cameroon, according to the French language daily, Le Messager of Monday August 12.

14/08/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm swung between gains and losses as investors awaited release of data, which may show Malaysia boosted production as the country’s currency weakened, making the tropical oil cheaper for importers.