NEW DELHI (Dec 20): Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Wednesday, a day after Brazil decided to raise its mandatory biodiesel mix into diesel. The benchmark palm oil contract for March delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained RM20 or 0.51%, to RM3,775. It had risen 0.3% on Tuesday. Brazil’s energy policy council CNPE on Tuesday decided to…
“No Palm Oil, No Life,” said Eddy Abdurrachman, President Director of the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) in early November in Bali. That sentence, according to Eddy, is very relevant to the fact that palm oil is the most versatile vegetable oil in the world. Eddy said that palm oil is the most…
RADARPEKANBARU- PT Sari Lembah Subur (SLS) held its second blood donation event in 2023. This activity is one of a series of Action Plans in order to realize the sense of concern of employees to others. This blood donor activity was held at PT. Sari Lembah Subur Polibun on Friday, December 8, 2023, this activity…
Palu (ANTARA News) – The success of residents of 14 villages in Rio Pakava Subdistrict, Donggala Regency through oil palm cultivation cannot be separated from the resilience of residents in facing the twists and turns of life and development in the largest and most remote sub-district in Central Sulawesi. In 1991, Rio Pakava was just…
Jakarta. Swedish Ambassador to Indonesia Daniel Blockert recently said that Stockholm would like to import more goods from Jakarta. Indonesia mainly exports goods such as palm oil and leather footwear to Sweden, according to the Observatory of Economic Complexity (OEC). Trade Ministry data shows that Indonesia is importing more than it exports to Sweden, putting Jakarta…
PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk recorded a stable performance throughout 2023. The company achieved positive production growth. Despite its plantations reaching maturity, the company was able to increase its production by around 4%, compared to the previous year. The company faced challenges due to fluctuations in palm oil prices, which ultimately affected profitability. However, PT…
PETALING JAYA: Palm oil stockpiles in Malaysia likely expanded for a seventh straight month to the highest level since April 2019 as production in the world’s second-biggest grower outstripped its exports of the tropical oil. Inventories rose about 1.2% in November from a month earlier to 2.48 million tonnes, according to the median of 11 estimates in…
JAKARTA. Santosa, President Director of PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI) was awarded the Best CEO in Agriculture (Plantation and Crops) by Tempo.co and IDNFinancials.com. The awarding night took place at the Sofitel Hotel, Nusa Dua Resort, Bali last weekend. Santosa received this award because he succeeded in bringing the company to continued growth thanks…
STIPER Institute of Agriculture known as INSTIPER Yogyakarta held the Palm Oil Smart Planters 2023 Award Night at the Royal Ambarukmo Hotel Yogyakarta. This event is a series of the Indonesian Palm Oil Forum (FoSI) 2023 which took place November 23-24, 2023 at Graha Instiper, Yogyakarta. Director of the Instiper Palm Oil Science Center (PSKS-…
JAKARTA, SAWIT INDONESIA – The Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (Gapki) issued an appeal to palm oil mills not to buy looted or stolen palm oil. The letter, issued on November 29, 2023, contained two points and was signed by General Chairman Eddy Martono and General Secretary M. Hadi Sugeng. The letter first emphasized that…
PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI) will boost its production next year. AALI is targeting production growth, both fresh fruit bunches (FFB) and crude palm oil (CPO), of 5% in 2024. AALI Communications and Investor Relations Manager Fenny Sofyan said that palm oil crops are highly influenced by weather conditions. Meanwhile, the El Nino in…
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 30): The palm oil market is expected to show a slightly positive price trend going into 2024, ranging between RM3,700 and RM4,100 per tonne, as it recovers from substantial selling pressure as witnessed in sunflower oil over the past few months. According to Malaysian Rating Corp Bhd (MARC), seasonal production trends, hotter climate…
PT Mamuang is a subsidiary of PT Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) Group engaged in the oil palm plantation industry providing assistance for Catfish and Gurame Seeds in Martasari Village which is one of the company’s fostered in Pedongga District, Pasangkayu Regency, West Sulawesi (West Sulawesi), in the middle of this month to be precise, Friday…
In commemoration of National Teachers’ Day (HGN), one of the companies in the Pasangkayu Regency working area, PT Mamuang, once again handed over incentive assistance to honorary teachers at the company’s assisted schools. The incentive was symbolically handed over by the Administrator of PT Mamuang, Aan Dwi Purmono, witnessed by the Head of Martasari Village…
Impaired growth and development of children due to chronic malnutrition and repeated infections or stunting is still a serious problem. As a company committed to efforts in improving public health, last Thursday (30/11) PT Sari Aditya Loka (PT SAL) held a Child Stunting Prevention Counseling. PT SAL hopes that this activity will have a positive…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI), a subsidiary of Astra International, has released a full report from an independent third party to respond to allegations of environmental and human rights violations from the Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) and Friends of the Earth (FOE). Eco Nusantara (ENS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Zulfahmi…
Athens (ANTARA) – Indonesian Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has asked the Greek government to support Indonesian palm oil-based products to prevent them from receiving discriminatory treatment by the European Union (EU). He made the request during a bilateral meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Maximos Mansion, Athens, on Friday local time. “He (the…
Over three million tonnes of palm oil is required annually to meet Nigeria’s demands, experts have said. This, they said, is because the country only produces 1.4 million tonnes, which is not enough. The stakeholders lamented that the country has less than 800,000 hectares under-cultivated. They spoke during a policy dialogue on the National Initiative for…
METRO SULTENG – PT Agro Nusa Abadi (ANA) has conducted a roadshow program to hand over achievement scholarships in 2023 in Bungintimbe Village, East Petasia District, North Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi. This program is a form of concern for education in the plantation area. For one week, PT ANA established direct relationships with the community,…
Jambi (ANTARA) – PT Sari Aditya Loka (SAL), one of the oil palm plantation companies in Merangin Regency, Jambi, channeled its CSR funds to provide basic necessities to residents and groups of Suku Anak Dalam (SAD) or known as Orang Rimba to prevent stunting. “In an effort to prevent stunting and alleviate poverty in Merangin…
