Archived News
08-07-2011
Brazil’s BSBios Considers Expansion Into U.S. Biodiesel Market
08/07/2011 (Bloomberg) - BSBios Industria e Comercio de Biodiesel Sul Brasil SA, a Brazilian biodiesel producer, may expand into the U.S. to tap the country’s growing market.
08-07-2011
Malaysia to chalk 5.7 pct GDP — Economist
08/07/2011 (Borneo Post) - Signs that Malaysia’s export growth has moderated again in the second quarter (Q2) have led to some concerns regarding Malaysia’s growth momentum going forward, despite private consumption growth having accelerated in Q1.
08-07-2011
Ringgit To Appreciate To RM2.95 Vs US Dollar, Says Stanchart Economist
08/07/2011 (Bernama) - The ringgit is expected to appreciate to 2.95 against the U.S. dollar in the fourth quarter of this year from 3.00 now and rise further to 2.88 by the first quarter of next year owing to risk aversion to the dollar, an economist said Thursday.
08-07-2011
35 Items Identified To Be Under Price Control Act - Muhyiddin
08/07/2011 (Bernama) - The government has identified 35 types of essential items placed under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 following the hike in prices of these goods.
08-07-2011
RM500 million suit over NCR land dismissed
08/07/2011 (Borneo Post) - The High Court here dismissed with costs a suit brought by a group of natives against the state government and four other defendants, seeking RM500 million over the alleged denial to their customary rights to a 5,000-acre land planted with oil palm in Semporna.
08-07-2011
Kota Marudu\'s Economic Transformation Driven By Agriculture Sector, Says Ongkili
08/07/2011 (Bernama) - Transformation of the Kota Marudu economy will continue to be driven by the agriculture sector through the adoption and infusion of modern crops and technologies, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili.
07-07-2011
MPOC Recognises Outstanding Leaders In The Palm Oil Industry With Palm Oil Industry Leadership Award (PILA)
07/07/2011 (Bernama) – Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, Minister of Plantation Industries & Commodities, presented the fourth Palm Oil Industry Leadership Award (PILA) to Tan Sri Datuk Dr Augustine Ong Soon Hock, former Director General of PORIM (now known as MPOB), at the annual Malaysian Palm Oil Council’s Leadership Dinner held in Kuala Lumpur on 5 July, 2011.
07-07-2011
Palm Oil May Gain as Widening Discount to Soy Oil Lifts Demand
07/07/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil, little changed, may advance after a recent slump in prices widened the discount to soybean oil making it a cheaper option and as yesterday’s jump in crude oil lifted the appeal of vegetable oils as biofuel feedstock.
07-07-2011
Confusion Remains Over Pheu Thai\'s Oil Fund Pledge
07/07/2011 (Bangkok Post) - Plans by the Pheu Thai Party to scrap the state Oil Fund could result in a palm oil surplus and low prices for fresh palm nuts, as there would be no incentive to make biodiesel from the output, warns a senior Agriculture Ministry official.
07-07-2011
PTPN to Convert Sulawesi into Palm Oil Center
07/07/2011 (Tempo Interactive) - State plantation company, PT Perkebunan Negara IVX (PTPN), is managing productive land in Sulawesi to transform it into an oil palm development and crude palm oil (CPO) production center.
07-07-2011
MARC Maintains Malaysia\'s GDP Target At 5.3 Per Cent For 2011
07/07/2011 (Bernama) - Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd (MARC) has maintained Malaysia's gross domestic product growth target at 5.3 per cent for this year from 7.2 per cent last year.
07-07-2011
Portland Biofuel Protesters Target W4BUK Plant Plans
07/07/2011 (BBC News) - Campaigners in Dorset have been protesting against plans for a biofuel power station on Portland.