Berita Arkib

17/09/2012 (The Star) - CIMB Research sees minimal immediate impact on the price of crude palm oil (CPO) following news that the European Union (EU) may reduce the use of biofuels as they are now widely blamed for soaring food prices.

17/09/2012 (Borneo Post) - Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Salcra) is confident it can pay more than RM100 million in dividends to its 22,000 participants in 19 estates this year despite the falling price of oil palm commodities.

17/09/2012 (Business Standard) - Cooking oil imports by India, the world’s biggest palm oil buyer, rose for the first time in three months in August on lower domestic inventories and rising festival demand, an industry group said.

15/09/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Friday after the U.S. Federal Reserve kicked off a third round of quantitative easing to stimulate its economy and as investors took up positions ahead of a long weekend.

15/09/2012 (Reuters) - India's refined palm oil imports dropped about a third in August, marking a third successive monthly fall, as the world's top vegetable oil buyer increased its import duty to cut cheap supplies from top producer Indonesia, a trade body said.

15/09/2012 (AllAfrica.com) - The Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) has ordered the closure of a palm oil manufacturing plant located in Kicukiro, Kigali City.

15/09/2012 (The Sun Daily) - PKR today challenged the Plantation, Industries and Commodities Ministry to publish the list of those given approved permits (AP) to export crude palm oil (CPO) to overseas refineries tax-free.

15/09/2012 (ShareCast) - The palm oil and beef producer M.P. Evans has seen profits hit by a reduction in beef prices but the palm oil operation is seeing productivity surge.

15/09/2012 (Bernama) - Share prices on Bursa Malaysia opened higher in early trading Friday following the announcement by the US' Federal Reserve to launch an aggressive plan to boost the US' economy, dealers said.

15/09/2012 (The Star) - The dwindling supply of raw commodities has become a major concern among local downstream commodity-based industry players despite Malaysia being a world producer of palm oil, rubber, cocoa and to a certain extent rich in mineral resources such as gold, iron ore and coal.

15/09/2012 (The Star) - CIMB Equities Research sees minimal impact on crude palm oil (CPO) price following on news that the EU may reduce the use of biofuels made from crops to 5% of total energy consumption in its transport sector in 2020, from 10%.

15/09/2012 (Bernama) - The Malaysian government appreciates the French government's commitment to tackle palm oil issues by agreeing to form a working group between the two nations.