Berita Arkib

29/10/2012 (The Star) - Although making up only a fraction of its oleo-chemicals business, Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) sees a good future in the tocotrienol market as its wholly-owned subsidiary, Davos Life Science Pte Ltd, is set to raise productivity and revenue target.

29/10/2012 (FoodNavigator.com) - IOI Loders Croklaan has opened a new oils and fats refinery in Wormerveer in the Netherlands, with a particular focus on sustainably sourced oils.

26/10/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to a near 1-month high on Thursday on encouraging export data that showed firm demand and some short-covering ahead of a holiday weekend in parts of Asia.

26/10/2012 (Indian Express) - Crude palm oil prices shot-up by Rs 5.10 to Rs 429.80 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators indulged in creating fresh positions on expectations of a rise in demand in the spot markets due to ongoing festive season.

26/10/2012 (Lanka Business Online) - Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations said it made profits of 186 million rupees in the September 2012 quarter, turning around from a loss of 16.8 million rupees helped by palm oil.

26/10/2012 (Bloomberg) - Benso Oil Palm Plantation Ltd. (BOPP), a Ghanaian processor of palm oil, gained the most in more than eight months after saying profit increased in the nine months through Sept. 30.

26/10/2012 (The Star) - The implementation of Malaysia's new CPO export duty structure and the discontinuation of duty-free CPO export quota must be accelerated to take effect early next month instead of Jan 1 next year.

26/10/2012 (Times of Zambia) - The Government has released K1.7 billion to eccelerate major construction and development works at Mwense’s Isubila Palm oil Plantation in Luapula Province.

26/10/2012 (Bernama) - Sabah has been urged to position itself to tap the growing investor interest in the Southeast Asia region which has a combined population of 600 million people and gross domestic product (GDP) of about USD$1.5 trillion.

26/10/2012 (The Star) - TH Plantations Bhd is buying two companies with plantation land in Sarawak for RM254.59mil, which will, together with an earlier acquisition made in July, more than double its land bank to 97,592ha from 44,933ha and increase its total planted area of oil palms by more than 50% to 59,229ha from 38,154ha currently.

26/10/2012 (Fox News) - A female orangutan was shot more than 100 times with a pellet gun by an unidentified individual in Borneo but survived, Indonesian officials said Thursday.

25/10/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures inched up on Wednesday as investors bet on increased festival demand for the tropical oil, although prices were locked in a tight range due to lingering concerns over record-high stocks.