Berita Arkib

31/05/2013 (Minda News) - There has been a lot of buzz lately on palm oil in the local press. The Davao City Agriculturist Office announcing the coming in of South Korean investors interested in palm oil. The Mindanao Development Authority reporting for weeks its so-called business matching with Malaysian investors since November last year. The Metro Pacific Group of Manuel Pangilinan and its parent Indonesian company’s Indofood undertaking soil tests in Davao Oriental. Thailand’s Univanich partnering with the Taliño family for an $10 million oil mill in Carmen, North Cotabato.

30/05/2013 (THISDAY Live) - Local producers of oil palm products have called on the Federal Government to review the waiver for importers of oils palm products, so as to protect the local industry.

30/05/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil climbed for a fifth day to a two-month high on speculation that inventories in Malaysia may decline for a fifth month as output slows and exports recover in the world’s second-biggest producer.

30/05/2013 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesian biodiesel producers will soon lodge a protest against the European Union’s (EU) move to impose temporary anti-dumping duties on Indonesia’s biodiesel, which becomes effective today.

30/05/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended off two-month highs on Wednesday and notched five straight sessions of gains, as investors expect tight supplies to whittle down stocks in the world's No.2 producer of the tropical oil.

30/05/2013 (Bernama) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV), the world's third largest oil palm plantation operator, posted a 55.9 per cent increase in revenue to RM2.68 billion for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013.

30/05/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The palm oil industry should not be worried about the government’s decision to extend the moratorium on the conversion of primary forest and peatland, as the measure will unlikely affect forests allocated for commercial purposes, an official says.

30/05/2013 (Natural Products INSIDER) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) held a two-day scientific conference from May 20 to 21 on tocotrienols and carotenoids from red palm oil to increase awareness of the oil's benefits.

30/05/2013 (Borneo Post) - The state government will look to the development of rubber and oil palm smallholder planting as a major strategy towards eradication of poverty in rural areas in tandem with relevant National Key Economic Areas (NKEAs) in the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).

30/05/2013 (Independent European Daily Express) - Sackie Qwemie works for Equatorial Palm Oil, the company that took his land in northwestern Liberia.

30/05/2013 (The Star) - Genting Plantations Bhd's net profit for the first quarter of 2013 fell 44% to RM44mil from RM78.7mil a year ago, due to the effects of lower palm product selling prices and a RM31mil contribution for charity purposes.

30/05/2013 (Leadership Newspapers) - In a bid to remain competitive in the global market, Olam Nigeria Limited has increased its portfolio of food and agricultural goods with the addition of two new products.