Berita Arkib

27/08/2012 (CBS News) - The natural home of the orangutan is the leafy rain forests on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, but development has devastated their numbers. There are less than 30,000 of the species left today.

27/08/2012 (Bloomberg) - Wilmar International Ltd. (WIL) needs an acquisition to reduce its dependence on a money-losing, oilseed- crushing business in China as the company trades at a 65 percent discount to sales.

27/08/2012 (China Daily) - Thailand is bound to export high quality products to China in the next decade, an expert said on Sunday.

25/08/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures edged higher on Friday, rising 3.6 percent in a second straight weekly gain as global oilseed supply fears and rising export demand supported prices.

25/08/2012 (AllAfrica.com) - Industrial scale palm oil plantation is rapidly expanding in Africa. After a first expansion of palm oil in West Africa, major palm oil companies are now investing in Central Africa, in Cameroon in particular, a country considered as a model by the other Congo Basin countries.

25/08/2012 (Bernama) - Felda Global Ventures (FGV) Holdings Bhd, the world's third largest palm oil company by hectarage, plans to buy 150,000 hectares estate land over five years to realise its cherished vision to emerge as the world leader in the oil palm industry.

25/08/2012 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 75,777 tonnes of cargo comprising 62,619 tonnes of import cargo and 13,158 tonnes of export cargo including 2,929 loaded & empty containers during last 24 hours ended at 0700 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 62,619 tonnes comprised of 24,790 tonnes of containerised cargo; 6,813 tonnes of general cargo; 15,500 tonnes of bulk cargo and 15,516 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

25/08/2012 (The Star) - QL Resources Bhd is maintaining its target of achieving double-digit growth in its current year ending March 31 (FY13) despite earlier market concerns it may not be able to achieve such growth in the face of rising raw material prices and immature oil palm trees.

25/08/2012 (The Star) - THE STAR recently held its first roundtable talk on palm oil with four prominent captains of the industry Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) chief executive officer Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron, IOI Group executive director Datuk Lee Yeow Chor, Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd group president/CEO Datuk Sabri Ahmad and United Plantations Bhd vice-chairman Datuk Carl Bek-Nielsen.

25/08/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils prices rose steadily, tracking an extended gain in palm, soya futures markets overseas on Friday. Imported palmolein and soya bean refined oil rose by Rs 2 and Rs 5 each. Indigenous edible oils such as groundnut oil rose Rs 10 on tight supply in producing centre. Sunflower, rapeseed and cotton refined oil increase by Rs 5 each. Volume was isolated for the second day on increase resale-selling pressure due to lower demand during month-end period. Cautious sentiment prevailed due to lack of demand, said a broker.

24/08/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm-oil imports by China, the world’s biggest buyer after India, are poised to decline to the lowest level in four years as the economy slows and the government seeks to keep cooking-oil prices stable.

24/08/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures edged off a one-month high on Thursday, as traders turned cautious over demand prospects, with the worst drought in the U.S. Midwest in 56 years pushing oilseed prices higher.