Berita Arkib

02/01/2013 (Tempo Interactive) - The Secretary General of the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (Gapki), Joko Supriyono, projected that prices of crude palm oil (CPO) will not go up this year. Production is expected to grow, but not as fast as last year.

02/01/2013 (The Star) - Oil palm plantation owners around the world are facing a threat from the spread of basal stem rot (BSR) caused by the fungus Ganoderma, a disease that causes oil palms to decay from within.

02/01/2013 (The Star) - Plantation giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) expects to see operations kick off for three new palm oil mills along with three new refineries in Indonesia this financial year.

02/01/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced to the highest level in two months on speculation that rainfall and flooding may hamper harvesting in Malaysia, helping to draw down record stockpiles in the second-largest producer.

02/01/2013 (Bernama) - The Terengganu State Farmers' Organisation (PPNT) will implement property projects valued at about RM3 million this year on its own land, says Chairman Sawaluddin Ahmad.

02/01/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - The edible oil market made some gains on Wednesday as stockists continued to build inventories. The continuous buying lifted palmolein to one-month high of Rs 500 for 10 kg. Groundnut and sunflower refined oil increased by Rs 5 each, tracking firm reports from producing centres. Soyabean, rapeseed and cotton refined oil ruled unchanged.

02/01/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Monday, weighed by lower exports although losses were limited by expectations that heavy rains in the world\'s No.2 producer may disrupt production and bring down record high stocks.

01/01/2013 (The Star) - A strink of significant events marked the local commodities sector last year, notwithstanding a rather dismal price performance.

01/01/2013 (Bernama) - Sabah is right on track to gain further growth and progress and a sustainable economic development, having recorded numerous achievements and successes in various areas under its development agenda.

01/01/2013 (Bernama) - The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities will launch the Oil Palm Replanting Scheme starting Jan 1, 2013 with an allocation of RM100 million.

01/01/2012 (Manila Standard Today) - A group of Filipino investors plans to tie up with a Malaysian company in oil palm propagation and later go into processing in the Philippines.

01/01/2013 (Business Standard) - Fluctuations in agricultural commodity prices could be pretty rapid over short time spans. This has now happened with crude palm oil (CPO), of which India is the world’s largest importer and Indonesia and Malaysia, in that order, dominant producers.