Berita Arkib

05/07/2013 (Forests News, Center for International Forestry Research) - Fires in forests and former forest lands occur in Indonesia in the dry season every year, particularly in the provinces of Riau, West Kalimantan, Jambi and Central Kalimantan. The haze that spreads to other countries is mostly caused by fires on peatland.

04/07/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up on Wednesday amid hopes stocks could have dropped in June, but gains were limited by concerns about rising output in the world's No.2 producer.

04/07/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil gained for the first time in six days after West Texas Intermediate crude surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since September, boosting demand for vegetable oils as biofuel feedstock.

04/07/2013 (Agrimoney.com) - One of the surprises of recent weeks for commodity watchers has been the strength of crude oil.

04/07/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil inventories in Malaysia, the largest producer after Indonesia, probably contracted for a sixth month in June to the lowest level in a year, according to a Bloomberg survey of growers and analysts. Futures climbed.

04/07/2013 (Daily Express) - Sabah has created two Malaysian records in the use of oil palm biomass by the setting up of a company that processes bioethanol from empty fruit bunches and the establishment of the Biomass Joint Venture (JV) Cluster recently.

04/07/2013 (UkrAgroConsult) - Russia continues to import palm oil in large volumes. As much as 552 KMT of this product has already been imported by Russia this season, including 59% from Indonesia, 16% from Malaysia and the remainder from Ukraine and the EU.

04/07/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The price level of crude palm oil (CPO) increased for the first time over the last six days.

04/07/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils market turned hot late evening on strong demand ahead of festival amid firm futures market on Wednesday. Groundnut oil rose by Rs 20 and cotton refined oil by Rs 4 for 10 kg each tacking bullish trend in Saurashtra.

04/07/2013 (The Star) - CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd has secured a contract to build a palm oil mill valued at RM40.5mil in Kunak, Sabah.

04/07/2013 (CPI Financial) - RH Capital is a special-purpose vehicle incorporated as the financing conduit for an Islamic sale-and-leaseback transaction, backed by three oil-palm plantations and two palm-oil mills located in Sarawak. The lessees, which are subsidiaries of Tiong Toh Siong Holdings Sdn Bhd (one of the main holding companies within the Rimbunan Hijau Group), had sold their beneficial interests in the assets to RH Capital. In turn, RH Capital had leased the assets back to the respective lessees; the financial obligations under the Sukuk Ijarah are met via lease payments from the lessees.

03/07/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell to a six-week low on Tuesday as concerns over rising production in the second half of the year offset expectations that stocks in the world's No.2 producer could ease in June.