Berita Arkib
27-11-2019
Pertamina projects extensive biofuel use in transportation by 2050
Pertamina Energy Institute's Advisory Board Widyawan Prawiraatmadja reckoned that biofuel will be utilized on a substantial scale in transportation in 2050.
26-11-2019
VEGOILS-Palm falls over 1% on cheaper rival oils
Malaysian palm oil futures dropped more than 1% on Tuesday, tracking cheaper rival oils on the Dalian Commodities Exchange amid higher imports
26-11-2019
Malaysian palm oil slips further as exports fall
Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Monday, retreating from a two-year high hit in the previous session, as exports of the commodity fell. However, costlier palm oil on the Dalian Commodities Exchange and a weaker ringgit put a floor under prices.
26-11-2019
S. Korea, China, Japan to hold fresh round of FTA talks in Seoul
Senior trade officials from South Korea, China and Japan will hold a fresh round of talks this week on forging a free trade deal among the three Asian neighbors, Seoul's trade ministry said Tuesday.
26-11-2019
Palm oil and sustainable development practices
No other country in the world has mandated their oil and fats industry to be certified 100%, especially when it involves smallholders – and we have 40% of them. But Malaysia has taken this lead just like its Rio’s pledge to keep 50% of its relatively small land mass under forest cover for the benefit of global communities.
26-11-2019
Palm Oil’s Price Switch Won’t Save the Orangutan
The price of palm oil has been surging, sending its discount to soybean-oil futures from more than $150 a metric ton six weeks ago to less than $26 a ton on Friday.
26-11-2019
CPO price rally could last until early 2020
THE rally in the price of crude palm oil (CPO) has the legs to sustain until early 2020, as the supply shortage heightens coupled with the government’s mandate to implement the higher percentage of CPO in its biodiesel programme.
26-11-2019
Indonesia fires emitted double the carbon of Amazon fires, research shows
Fires from land and forest fires across Indonesia this year have pumped at least 708 million tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — almost double the emissions from the fires that swept through the Brazilian Amazon this year.
26-11-2019
Palm-oil prices surging as trade politics bites
If you see a flowering of “palm-oil-free†labels on supermarket shelves in 2020, then thank Indonesian drivers, President Donald Trump’s trade negotiators and sickly pigs in China
26-11-2019
Malaysian tech making waves in US oil palm-based supplements
A new Malaysian technology is making waves in the US and helping spread the word on sustainable palm oil there.
25-11-2019
Jokowi orders shakeup of state energy giant to cut oil imports
NDONESIAN President Joko Widodo ordered an overhaul of the management of state-owned oil giant PT Pertamina, as the former Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) member seeks to reduce crude oil imports to rein in the current account deficit
25-11-2019
Sandip Somany backs India's decision to pull out of RCEP, says it shows the country's rising stature in the world
Sandip Somany, president, FICCI, says pulling out of the RCEP shows India’s decision to safeguard its own interests.