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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
CPO prices to stay elevated on firm demand and tight supply
CPO Futures End Higher On Firmer Soybean Oil Prices
CPO price dip seen as temporary, stocks to rise in November: CIMB Securities
Wheat, soybean export inspections above last year
18/08/2025 (Brownfield News) - The USDA says corn and soybean export inspections as of the week ending August 14th are ahead of what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2024/25 marketing year began September 1st for beans, corn, and sorghum, while 2025/26 kicked off June 1st for wheat. The USDA’s next round of supply and demand estimates is out on September 12th.
Brazil’s soybean shipments to China rise to 78%
18/08/2025 (UkrAgroConsult) - Brazil’s soybean exports reached 12.3 million tons, up 9% year-on-year, the country’s Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) reported. It was noted that in July, the share of shipments to China increased to 78% of total exports.
Low-key but mighty
18/08/2025 (The Edge Malaysia) - NEGRI SEMBILAN OIL PALMS BHD (KL:NSOP) has been quietly outshining its peers in the small-cap plantation space in terms of earnings growth, while delivering regular dividend payouts. The cash-rich group — which is involved in the cultivation of oil palms and the processing and sale of fresh fruit bunches (FFB), crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel (PK) — is 55.13%-owned by Tiong Thye Co Sdn Bhd, an entity controlled by the Goh family from Singapore.
CPO futures expected to trade lower on technical correction next week
17/08/2025 (New Straits Times), KUALA LUMPUR - The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives is expected to trade lower on a technical correction between the range of RM3,800 per tonne and RM3,950 per tonne, said Interband Group of Companies senior palm oil trader Jim Teh.
Felcra announces RM101 million interim profit distribution for 2025
17/08/2025 (The Vides.com) - FELCRA Berhad has announced an interim profit distribution totalling RM101 million for the year 2025, benefiting some 74,300 participants across the country.
Still on a winning streak
18/08/2025 (The Edge Malaysia) - INNOPRISE PLANTATIONS BHD (KL:INNO) or IPB is once again the winner of the award for the Highest Return On Equity Over Three Years in the plantation sector at The Edge Malaysia Centurion Club Corporate Awards. This year’s award is the Sabah-based company’s fourth consecutive win since 2022, outperforming its plantation industry peers with a market capitalisation of below RM1 billion.
Used cooking oil to fuel for planes: India’s first sustainable aviation fuel plant to start production by year-end
17/08/2025 (The Indian Express) - The country’s largest refiner and fuel retailer Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) expects to start producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on commercial scale at its Panipat refinery by December, following the recent international certification received by the unit for manufacturing the biofuel from used cooking oil, according to energy major’s chairman Arvinder Singh Sahney. By the end of this calendar year, IOC will have the capacity to produce 35,000 tonnes per year of SAF from used cooking oil, which will be sourced from large hotel chains, restaurants, and sweets and snacks majors like Haldiram’s, which normally discard cooking oil after single use.
Brighter outlook likely for Wilmar International in 2H25
CIMB Research expects crude palm oil (CPO) prices to hold steady, supported by Indonesia’s biodiesel policy and limited production growth.
TAKE A STRIDE TO THE GREEN SIDE
WHEN one thinks of palm oil, what comes to mind? For many, the image conjured is often one of environmental destruction –deforestation, habitat loss, and climate change.
