Berita Arkib

19/07/2012 (Revmodo) - This week, grocery stores in Indonesia introduced the first palm oil to be certified in the country as sustainably grown. The cooking oil was launched at Carrefour, one of the world’s largest international retailers, and certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

19/07/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oils prices declined on Wednesday, on absence of fresh local demand and tracking extendedloss in Malaysian palm oil futures. Formation of cloudy weather in producing centers increase pressure on indigenous oils while weaker exports and better palm oil production outlook in Malaysia weigh on imported edible oils. Moral was weak as there were more sellers and few buyers in the market said leading broker Mr. Dinesh Bhnushali of Riddhi broker.

19/07/2012 (Reuters) - It was a tough week for Cameroonian village chief Wangoe Philip Ekole.

19/07/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Cargill, one of the world's largest agricultural companies, and the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) signed an agreement on the establishment of the country’s first oil-palm teaching plantation on Wednesday afternoon.

19/07/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Cargill, one of the world’s top palm oil producers, hopes all of its mills and plantations in Indonesia to be certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2013, an executive says.

19/07/2012 (Borneo Post) - Rising edible oil consumption in India, as well as potentially lower production levels of its local oilseeds by the impending El Nino this season, are expected to be strong supporting factors to keep crude palm oil (CPO) prices buoyant at bullish levels.

19/07/2012 (Bernama) - OSK Research Sdn Bhd has increased its financial year 2013 earnings estimates for TSH Resources Bhd and projected a 25 per cent year-on-year earnings growth next year.

19/07/2012 (Bernama) - HWANGDBS Vickers Research Sdn Bhd has revised down Fitters Diversified Bhd's forecast earnings for the financial years (FY) ending Dec 31, 2012, 2013 and 2014, mainly to account for the slight delays in its green mill contracts wins.

19/07/2012 (Food Ingredients First) - As of 1 August 2012, FrieslandCampina Kievit will create a link between the product names of its ingredients based on palm oil and their sustainable palm status, RSPO Segregated (RSPO SG) or RSPO Mass Balance (RSPO MB). This immediately informs customers of the product’s sustainability level. FrieslandCampina Kievit will be the first company in the spray-dried ingredients market to adopt this initiative. Initially, the RSPO status will be displayed for the palm oil-based ingredients that are destined for markets in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North and South America.

19/07/2012 (Bernama) - Investments so far in the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Lahad Datu has hit RM4.5 billion, said State Industrial Development Minister Datuk Raymond Tan Shu Kiah.

19/07/2012 (Borneo Post) - The state government has been asked to carefully research the rearing of cattle at oil palm plantations to ensure the proposed business is successful.

18/07/2012 (Bernama) - Borneo's largest trade exhibitions, Palm Oil Technology Sarawak (PALMEX) and Sarawak Oil and Gas Expo (SOGEX) 2012 in Bintulu, which concluded recently, have surpassed the target with US$60 million worth of business transactions to be clinched soon.