Berita Arkib

20/09/2012 (Business Times) - Indonesian Islamic banks like Bank Mandiri have offered strategic partnerships with foreign investors in its plantation projects, saying this would strengthen the Islamic banking platform.

19/09/2012 (Bernama) - Kumpulan Syarikat Ketengah Holding Sdn Bhd (KSKHSB), which has seven companies under its wings, has recorded a post-tax profit of RM52,982,229 for 2011, an increase by RM14,042,050 from the RM38,940,179 seen a year before.

19/09/2012 (Bernama) - The Romanian government has shown interest to cooperate with Malaysia in developing an entry port for palm oil in the country's third largest city, Constanta.

19/09/2012 (Bernama) - The Malaysia-Romania Palm Oil Trade Fair and Seminar (POTS Romania 2012) will further enhance palm oil trade and economic relations between the two countries.

19/09/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures fell to a one-month low on Tuesday, tracking losses in soybean futures, which had posted their biggest daily drop in a year on a better-than-expected harvest in the U.S. Midwest.

19/09/2012 (Nigerian Observer) - Meaningful participation in the cultivation of improved oil palm can go a long way in helping to eradicate poverty in Edo State and Nigeria in general.

19/09/2012 (Jakarta Globe) - Provident Agro, a plantation company partly owned by private equity firm Saratoga Group, is seeking to raise up to Rp 655 billion ($69 million) from its initial public offering and plans to use the proceeds to finance its expansion.

19/09/2012 (Responding to Climate Change) - The EU decision to halve its target for biofuels from food crops has been welcomed by NGOs.

19/09/2012 (Reuters) - OCBC Investment Research raised its target price on Singapore palm oil firm Wilmar International Ltd to S$3.06 from S$2.90, saying the market is less averse to taking risk after the U.S. stimulus, but maintained its 'hold' rating.

19/09/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils market lost ground on Tuesday as prices dropped sharply in physical market on panic selling tracking sharp decline in futures.

19/09/2012 (Platts) - The Indonesian government must restrict foreign ownership in crude palm oil plantations and encourage domestic production, local media reported Monday quoting Hatta Rajasa, the co-ordinating minister for economic affairs.

18/09/2012 (Bernama) - Render Com, one of the main suppliers of fats and oils in Romania, foresees higher imports of palm oil from Malaysia given the growing demands for the edible oil.