Berita Arkib

28/05/2012 (ICIS) - The Asia bulk chemical shipping industry will be challenging through 2012 because of stagnated freight rates, increased operating costs and oversupply of vessels amid a poor global economic outlook for petrochemicals.

28/05/2012 (Bernama) - The government is optimistic the economy will grow by five per cent or more supported by strong domestic consumption despite the slowdown in the export sector, says Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.

28/05/2012 (Jakarta Post) - IOI Corp., Malaysia’s secondbiggest palm oil producer by market value, plans to set up a refinery in Indonesia as it boosts output in the world’s biggest grower of the tropical oil used in food and fuel.

28/05/2012 (The Star) - Plantations were among the major losers in thin trade on Monday despite the firmer crude palm oil (CPO) futures, with the FBM KLCI remaining in the red, in line with regional markets.

28/05/2012 (Bangkok Post) - PTT Plc, Thailand's energy flagship, has been busy acquiring land in Myanmar and Cambodia for palm oil plantations as part of plans to amass 200,000 hectares (1.25 million rai) of plantation area within four years at a cost of US$1 billion.

28/05/2012 (Business Standard) - The ministry of agriculture will float a separate mission to promote the production of oil palm and oil seeds in the new five-year Plan.

28/05/2012 (Business Times) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd aims to be among the world’s top five giants in upstream and downstream commodity businesses by 2020, doubling its revenue and profit in the next eight years.

26/05/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up on Friday on rising exports ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in July, although investors were still cautious on lingering fear over the euro zone debt crisis.

26/05/2012 (Bloomberg) - IOI Corp. (IOI), Malaysia’s second-biggest palm oil producer by market value, plans to set up a refinery in Indonesia as it boosts output in the world’s biggest grower of the tropical oil used in food and fuel.

26/05/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil climbed, paring a fourth weekly loss, as an 11 percent decline in prices this month spurred investor demand and as exports from Malaysia, the second largest producer, increased.

26/05/2012 (Hindu Business Line) - The undercurrent in the edible oils market improved on Friday despite imported palmolein declining by Re 1 and groundnut oil by Rs 5/10 kg as demand eased. The extended weakness in the dollar against the rupee encouraged stockists to cover imported palmolien for forward delivery during the evening trade as Malaysian palm oil futures closed higher for the second consecutive day. Cotton refined oil rose by Rs 2, while soyabean refined, sunflower oil and rapeseed-mustard oil rule unchanged. A Mumbai-based broker said that stockists took advantage of the weakness in the dollar by buying palmolein for delivery up to June. In ready delivery, increase selling pressure in resales provided room to buyers to cover at lower rates. The volume, though, was thin in resale. About 2,200-2,300 tonnes of palmolein were traded during the day.

26/05/2012 (Pattaya Mail) - Palm oil producers have complained that since the government began importing palms to tackle the shortage, they have been suffering from price drop.