Berita Arkib

20/11/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia is expected to absorb around 1 million tons of certified sustainable palm oil by 2015, the Kuala Lumpur-based Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) says.

20/11/2012 (Borneo Post) - Natural Resources and Environment Minister Dato Sri Douglas Uggah Embas has urged Sarawak’s wood industry to use alternative raw materials from the plantation sector to reduce the dependence on natural resources.

19/11/2012 (Borneo Post) - The US government is facing a challenge as many analysts comment on an imminent fiscal cliff in the coming January.

19/11/2012 (AllVoices) - OIL palm giant, Wilmar Nigeria Limited, and the Rainforest Resource and Development Centre (RRDC), an environmental rights group, are currently at logger heads over a massive land grab in a rural community in Cross River State, Southern Nigeria.

19/11/2012 (Mongabay.com) - Activists protesting conversion of rainforest to an oil palm plantation have been arrested in Cameroon, reports Greenpeace.

19/11/2012 (Jakarta Globe) - The local palm oil industry has demanded that the government lodge a formal protest with France following the French Senate’s approval on a measure that will quadruple import tax on palm oil, a key ingredient in its food industry.

19/11/2012 (The Sun Daily) - Malaysian economy remained resilient amid the challenging global economic conditions. Real GDP (RGDP) in the third quarter of this year (Q3 2012) outpaced both ours and consensus expectation to expand by 5.2% year-on-year, compared with ours of 4.9% year-on-year and consensus of 5.0% year-on-year.

19/11/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian Palm oil future s technical analysis outlook for the week ended 161112.

19/11/2012 (The Star) - Emerging new data have shown that the various forms of vitamin E can help prevent the onset or progression of neurodegenerative diseases that lead to dementia.

19/11/2012 (Indian Express) - In restricted trading activities, edible oil fell in the wholesale oils and oilseeds market during the past week as domestic demand declined after the festival season against increased supplies.

19/11/2012 (Bernama) - The Higher Education Ministry has approved a proposal by Felcra Berhad (Felcra) to establish a college at Felcra Changkat Lada, Seberang Perak, Felcra chairman Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman said today.

19/11/2012 (Bernama) - Golden Agri-Resources Ltd's (GAR) unit, Golden Assets International Finance Ltd, has completed its inaugural issuance of RM1.5 billion Islamic medium-term notes (IMTNs) pursuant to its 15-year ringgit-denominated IMTN programme of up to RM5 billion.