Berita Arkib

29/06/2013 (The Star) - Malaysian oil palm planters constantly aim to achieve sustainable practices, including maintaining “zero burning policies”, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Douglas Unggah Embas.

29/06/2013 (Bloomberg) - China’s palm oil imports may rise to a record as its discount to domestic soybean oil widens and as traders in the second-biggest buyer use the commodity as collateral for loans, a survey by Bloomberg shows.

29/06/2013 (Bernama) - PT Minamas Gemilang, a subsidiary of Sime Darby Plantation, has called on all stakeholders to enter into constructive dialogue to find a sustainable solution to the haze problem.

29/06/2013 (MoneyControl.com) - CPO traded on mixed note yesterday and settled 0.06 percent lower. An increase in the export tax in Indonesia supported prices while an appreciation in the Rupee pressurized prices. KLCE palm oil futures declined 0.93 percent yesterday on credit concerns in China. However, strong export data and weak Ringgit capped the losses.

29/06/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on the BMD ended lower on Friday tracking weak global commodity markets, while markets braced for a key US agricultural report that is expected to show higher planting of competing soyabean.

29/06/2013 (Bernama) - After emulating Malaysia's Vision 2020 to turn the country into a developed nation by 2020, some African countries are looking at Malaysia's New Economic Model (NEM) to transform them into high-income nations.

28/06/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures slipped to the lowest in more than a month on Thursday as investors liquidated their positions ahead of a key industry report that could show higher supplies of rival oilseed soybean.

28/06/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The export levy on crude palm oil (CPO) will increase in July to 10.5 percent from 9 percent.

28/06/2013 (4-traders) - Palm oil producer New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (>> New Britain Palm Oil Limited), Thursday announced an agreement with Olenex C.V.--a joint venture between Archer Daniels Midland Company or ADM and Wilmar International Ltd--to supply ADM and Wilmar with palm oil.

28/06/2013 (AllAfrica.com)- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on 26 June 2013 a senior loan of USD 80 million in local currencies for OLAM Africa Investment Program (OAIP) to deepen the integration of OLAM Group's agricultural value chain by investments in processing of wheat and palm oil in Africa. The program includes five sub-projects in Cameroon, Ghana, Mozambique and Senegal. Ultimately, this program will enhance the regional food supply chain and act as a catalyst to support job creation and improve sustainability of agribusiness sector, thereby enhancing food security in Africa.

28/06/2013 (The Star) - The Star BLD Plantation Bhd subsidiary Kirana Palm Oil Refinery Sdn Bhd has doubled its production capacity to 2,400 tonnes a day with the commissioning of a second plant in Bintulu.

28/06/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Groundnut oil, soyabean and rapeseed refined oil prices dropped for the third consecutive day on the oils and oilseeds market on Thursday. The fall is in view of optimism generated over the kharif oilseeds crop.