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Jun 22, 20213 min read
Strong CPO Prices Boost Boustead Plantations 1Q Net Profit
Higher palm product prices saw Boustead Plantations Bhd posting net profit of RM12.22mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 2021....


Jun 22, 20212 min read
India’s Palm Oil Imports Seen to Slow
Buying less: India is one of the biggest importers of palm oil in the world, but a spike in COVID-19 cases, leading to a lockdown, is...


Jun 22, 20212 min read
Indonesia Yet to Decide on Whether to Revise Palm Oil Export Levy, Say Officials
Indonesian authorities have yet to decide on whether to cut their crude palm oil (CPO) export levy, three officials told Reuters as the...
Jun 18, 20211 min read
Cargill Plans Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil Refinery
Trading company Cargill has started building a dedicated sustainable palm oil refinery in Indonesia's Lampung province in southern...


Jun 18, 20212 min read
Potential Ban on Palm Oil, Glove Products by Canada is Unfounded
Malaysia’s palm oil and glove exports will suffer a minimal impact should Canada decide to ban the import of the products following...
Jun 18, 20212 min read
India Palm Oil Imports from Thailand Spike As Price Pressures Mount
India’s palm oil imports from Thailand in May have increased by almost ten times from a month before as Thai-origin palm oil has become...


Jun 17, 20212 min read
Bourse to Launch New Palm Oil Contract
Malaysia plans to launch a new palm oil futures contract in the third quarter, allowing traders in the nation’s two largest palm...


Jun 17, 20212 min read
Myande Undertakes 1,000TPD Multiple Oilseeds Crushing Project in Turkey
Recently, Ozmirioglu Pamuk Yag Kuspe San. ve Tic. A.S. (Ozmirioglu A.S. for short) and Myande signed a contract by which Myande will...


Jun 4, 20212 min read
MPOB researchers innovate fertiliser formulation that can raise oil palm yield
A group of researchers at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), led by Ahmad Afandi Murdi have innovated a fertiliser formulation...
May 11, 20212 min read
CPO price surges 12.03 percent in two months
The price of crude palm oil (CPO) has surged 12.03 percent in just two months since March 15, 2021, said Director General of Malaysian...


Apr 27, 20213 min read
Organization Trains Youth in Oil Palm Entrepreneurship
One hundred and one (101) learners have graduated from the University College of Agriculture and Environmental Studies (UCAES) at Bunso...
Apr 27, 20212 min read
Malaysia to Increase Palm Oil Exports to Saudi Arabia
Malaysia will increase its palm oil exports to Saudi Arabia from 300,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes worth approximately RM1 billion....
Apr 27, 20212 min read
MPIC to Open Malaysian Agricommodity Regional Office in Jeddah
The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) is looking at setting up a Malaysian Agricommodity Regional Office in...


Apr 27, 20212 min read
MPOB among Top 20 Malaysian Patent Applicants
Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) climbed four notches to be among the top 20 patent applicants listed by the Intellectual Property...


Apr 27, 20212 min read
Palm Oil: Sumwin Offers Technology to Mitigate Harmful Chemical Compounds
Edible oils are becoming an important food source with more than 202 million tonnes consumed from 238 million tonnes produced in 2019....
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