Berita Arkib

14/05/2013 (The Star) - Planting oil palm on peatland has been a heavily debatable topic among oil palm planters and Western NGOs for quite some time but this issue is set to excalate to new levels this year.

14/05/2013 (The Star) - Golden Agri-Resources on Monday reported first-quarter net profit plunged 30.4 per cent as a result of lower crude palm oil (CPO) prices.

14/05/2013 (The Star) - Deep within the heart of Sabah lies the 34,000ha Malua Forest Reserve. It has been previously logged but regeneration over the years means that it is still a significant area of rainforest in Sabah. It houses a globally threatened ecosystem – the lowland dipterocarp rainforest – and is part of a larger contiguous area of forest and buffers primary rainforest to the south, the Danum Valley Conservation area.

14/05/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced to the highest level in more than a month on speculation that stockpiles in Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, will remain below 2 million tons for a second month as output growth slows.

14/05/2013 (The Star) - United Plantations Bhd's (UP) net profit slipped to RM64.6mil in the first quarter ended March 31 from RM72.6mil in the same corresponding period a year ago due to lower production and higher production costs of crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel. The company's revenue in the first quarter was also lower at RM215.7mil against RM338.6mil.

14/05/2013 (Bernama) - Kenanga Research is bullish on the plantation sector and believes that the worst should be over for crude palm oil (CPO) prices as a sustained inventory decline should lend the prices strong support.

14/05/2013 (Bernama) - The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) ended the day at a record high of 1,787.90, up 15.52 points or 0.876 per cent from Friday's close of 1,772.38.

14/05/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Hopes of higher demand and thinning stockpiles of Malaysian palm oils are likely to heat up edible oils trade.

13/05/2013 (The Star) - Expert Dr Jean Graille addresses the issue of incorrect information dissemination about palm oil, highlighted recently by statements attributed to three Belgian senators and Swiss MP Dominique de Buman.

13/05/2013 (Jakarta Post) - Deputy Trade Minister Bayu Krisnamurthi has sent its first exports of crude palm oil (CPO) by land at the Indonesia-Malaysia Nanga Badau border checkpoint in Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan.

13/05/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The government says it will extend its moratorium on forestry conversions despite protests from firms that want access to forests and peatlands to produce palm oil.

13/05/2013 (Bernama) - The Terengganu Farmers Oganisation's (PPNT) centre in Kampung Pelam in Hulu Terengganu district processes two to three metric tonnes of goat manure a day into organic fertiliser.