Berita Arkib

03/09/2012 (The Star) - Indonesia has already overtaken Malaysia as the world’s largest palm oil producer, but United Malacca Berhad (UMB) is not about to let that sit.

03/09/2012 (Pakistan Daily Times) - One ship arrived at Port Qasim to discharge palm oil at LCT on 31st August 2012. Berth occupancy was maintained at 50 percent at the Port Qasim on Saturday where eight ships are currently occupying berths to load/offload cement, palm oil containers, corn, wheat and furnace oil at Port Qasim last 24 hours.

31/08/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures inched up on Thursday, recovering from a near 2-week low hit the previous day although traders were cautious ahead of a speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday.

31/08/2012 (Reuters) - Indonesia will ban palm oil plantation firms from using subsidised fuel from next month, an official at the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) said on Thursday, in a move aimed at reducing the strain on the country's budget.

31/08/2012 (Bernama) - The government is on track to achieve a 50:50 ratio of biomass to palm oil production in the country's palm oil industry by 2020, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin.

31/08/2012 (Radio Australia) - New Britain Palm Oil has seen its profit for the first half of 2012, drop by well over half.

31/08/2012 (Shanghai Daily) - Nigeria is targeting 8 billion U.S dollars revenue from palm oil export under the Agriculture Transformation Agenda (ATA), a top government official said on Thursday.

31/08/2012 (Daily Times Nigeria) - The Ondo State Government has cultivated 800,000 improved varieties of oil palm seedlings in three agricultural villages to enhance palm oil production in the state.

31/08/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Weak tendency remained in edible oils market on Thursday due to month-end eased demand. In ready market, the absence of fresh demand pulled down rapeseed oil by Rs 5 and cotton refined oil by Rs 3 for 10kg, while other edible oils such as groundnut oil, sunflower oil, palmolein and soya oil ruled steady with cautious mood.

31/08/2012 (Jakarta Globe) - Indonesia said it is ready to fight a complaint by European biodiesel producers of dumping in the European market if necessary, but will first ask EU regulators to clarify their allegations, trade ministry officials said on Friday.

31/08/2012 (Investors Chronicle) - Sliding palm oil prices forced earnings to slide at Anglo-Eastern Plantations (AEP) - even though the Indonesian producer sold more palm oil in the period than during last year's first half. Add that price attrition to currency headwinds, as well as to the rising cost of maintaining the group's estates, and near-term catalysts for a re-rating look hard to spot.

31/08/2012 (RenewableEnergyWorld.com) - For years Europe has encouraged motorists to use diesel over petrol in its efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions. Now, as the focus switches to introducing renewable fuels, it is proving far easier to produce clean bioethanol to replace petrol than clean biodiesel, leaving Europe's renewable fuel targets looking vulnerable.