August, 2016

• The Chain: Sampoerna Agro Fined $81 Million for Fires, RSPO Reaching Out to Africa and Latin America

  August 29, 2016 | Palm Oil • Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia

  Sampoerna Agro Fined $81 Million for 2014 Fires On August 15, the Government of Indonesia fined Sampoerna Agro $81 million for 2014 forest fires on 3,000 hectares on its

• The Chain: Moody’s maintains negative outlook on IOI as IOI’s Q2 2016 earnings negative, Malaysian palm oil producers may look to Africa

  August 23, 2016 | Palm Oil • Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia

  Moody’s maintains negative outlook on IOI while IOI’s Q2 2016 earnings negative Moody’s announced that it is reverting IOI Corporation’s (IOI:MK) credit outlook as

• The Chain: Stranded Assets, Revenue-at-Risk, Land Tenure, and U.S. SEC Regulation S-K

  August 8, 2016 | Palm Oil •

  Stranded Assets Malaysia and Indonesia produce about 85% to 90% of global palm oil. Palm oil is used in about 50% of all packaged food products in supermarkets. In Malaysia

• The Chain: BREAKING – IOI shares trade 5% higher on 3x daily average volume after RSPO lifts suspension, key palm oil buyers response uncertain

  August 5, 2016 | Palm Oil • Southeast Asia

  IOI Corporation’s (IOI:MK) shares railed 5% to 4.45 ringgit from 4.23 ringgit on the news that the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) informed IOI that it will lift its

• The Chain: SE Asian biodiesel mandates may drive palm oil demand

  August 4, 2016 | Palm Oil • Southeast Asia

  Global and SE Asian Supply Update Globally, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, global palm oil production over the next two years is forecast to grow by 6 percent,