Berita Arkib

14/08/2012 (Reuters) - India's PEC Ltd has cancelled a tender to buy 3,000-6,000 tonnes of crude palm oil of Indonesian or Malaysian origin, trade sources said on Monday.

14/08/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures tumbled to a near ten-month low on Monday, mirroring losses in grains and oilseed markets where traders booked profits from a U.S. drought-driven rally and as rising local stocks weighed on sentiment.

14/08/2012 (Jakarta Post) - The Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia and Malaysian Estate Owners’ Association — representing both upstream and downstream stakeholders — suggest that the government should lower the current 23 percent crude palm oil tax to 8 percent instead of increasing the duty-free CPO export quota.

14/08/2012 (Waste Management World) - Renewable energy developer, Camco International (AIM: CAO) is to build its first waste to biogas facility in Malaysia that will waste from the palm oil industry.

14/08/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Imported palmolein and soya oil increased marginally by Re 1 and Rs 5 for 10 kg on Monday on higher rates quoted by local refiners despite weak foreign markets. Indigenous groundnut, cottonseed and sunflower oils ruled steady. Rapeseed oil declined by Rs 5 for 10 kg. In absence of new demand, volumes remained thin. Malaysian crude palm oil futures ended lowest since June 15 on sluggish palm oil exports while Chicago soya oil projection was weak despite bullish US Department of Agriculture data for soyabean and soya oil.

14/08/2012 (Channel News Asia) - Palm oil plantations operator Bumitama Agri posted an 8.3 per cent on-year rise in net profit to S$25.2 million for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.

14/08/2012 (Borneo Post) - Crude palm oil (CPO) exports tumbled 15 per cent month-on-month (m-o-m) in July 2012 to 1.3 million metric tonnes (MT) as demand growth lowered in key CPO consumer countries except Europe.

14/08/2012 (DAWN.com) - Production of oilseeds is on the rise thanks to a record cotton crop last year and increased output of sunflower in last two years on the back of enhanced support prices announced in 2010.

14/08/2012 (The Star) - The attacks on palm oil have taken many forms over the years. The latest anti-palm oil challenge is from an industrious French Ph.D student in geochemistry Andrien Gontier who decided to try living “palm-oil-free” for a year.

14/08/2012 (Bernama) - HwangDBS Research expects palm oil exports this month to recover 22 per cent month-on-month to 1.664 million tonnes to replenish the stock ahead of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri festive season.

14/08/2012 (Bernama) - Camco Southeast Asia (Camco SEA), a joint venture company between Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Camco International Ltd, will establish a US$4 million biogas clean energy project in Pahang.

14/08/2012 (Bernama) - Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) has successfully priced its RM1.0 billion in nominal value 10-year Islamic Medium Term Notes (IMTN) to be issued under its Multi-Currency IMTN Programme.