Archived News
28-09-2011
Reap As Much As You Can, Salang Tells Rural Farmers
28/09/2011 (Borneo Post) - Rural farmers must always aim to reap as much as possible from all their agricultural endeavour, said Deputy Information, Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Joseph Salang.
28-09-2011
Felcra To Implement RM224 Million Worth of Devt Projects in Sarawak
28/09/2011 (Borneo Post) - Felcra Bhd has been allocated RM224 million to implement various development projects in Sarawak.
27-09-2011
Palm Oil Headed for First Drop in Three Years to Cut Costs
27/09/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil, the world’s most-used cooking oil, may drop for the first time in three years as favorable weather boosts supplies and a global economic slowdown weakens demand, potentially cooling world food costs.
27-09-2011
Palm Oil Industry Wants Price Standards
27/09/2011 (Bangkok Post) - Palm oil refiners have urged the government to set price standards to secure the industry and avoid future shortage.
27-09-2011
ASEAN Markets More Accessible To Indian Companies: FICCI
27/09/2011 (Economic Times) - Free trade agreement (FTA) with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has increased market access for Indian companies, a survey by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) said on Sunday.
27-09-2011
NGO Will Continue To Encourage Shift To Renewable Energy
27/09/2011(Daily Express) - Green SURF (Sabah Unite to Re-Power the Future) is continuing to encourage a shift to renewable energy by initiating various events among which is the Southeast Asian clean energy summit.
27-09-2011
Questioning Europe\'s Math on Biofuels
27/09/2011 (New York Times) - Much of the appeal of generating energy from plants was that they emit only as much carbon when burned in cars and power plants as they absorb while growing.
27-09-2011
Investors Will Come Back Soon Enough: Analysts
27/09/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Local analysts are playing down concerns of Indonesia entering a bear market, reiterating that the country’s economic fundamentals are strong.
26-09-2011
Indonesia’s Palm Oil Taxes, Erratic Weather To Dominate Indian Conference
26/09/2011 (The News International) - Global edible oil traders are anxiously awaiting top buyer India’s response to lower export taxes from major palm oil producer Indonesia after bitter complaints from local refiners that they would soon be out of business.
26-09-2011
VEGOILS-Global Recession Jitters Drive Palm Oil To Month Low
26/09/2011 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Friday to their lowest in nearly a month as commodity markets across the board went into freefall on prospects of a global economic slowdown eroding commodity demand growth.
26-09-2011
Products From Oil Palm Biomass Could Generate RM14b
26/09/2011 (The Sun Daily) - The production of bio-fuel, bio-fertiliser and animal feed is expected to generate an additional RM14 billion annually to the palm oil industry, giving it a 20% boost to the current palm product revenue of RM60 billion.
26-09-2011
Coconut Oil Better Than Palm Oil - Research
26/09/2011 (Ceylon Daily News) - Coconut oil was found to be of a higher quality and more conducive for consumption than palm oil, according to experiments carried out by the Coconut Research Institute, said a spokesman for the Institute.