Archived News
25-07-2011
Cheap Packets Going Fast As Festive Season Nears
25/07/2011 (The Star) - Subsidised cooking oil in 1kg packets have been flying off the shelves over the last few weeks, causing a shortage of supply in grocery stores and hypermarkets in several states in the country.
22-07-2011
Palm Oil Drops After Rally Amid Speculation Output May Climb
22/07/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped as a rally to the highest level in four weeks may have prompted some investors to sell the commodity amid concerns that output may be rising.
22-07-2011
Indonesia Reduces Palm Oil\'s Export Tax For August
22/07/2011 (Philippine Star) - The Indonesian government has decreased export tax of crude palm oil (CPO) for August to 15 percent from 20 percent in July as the prices in the international market decrease, Director General for Foreign Trade of Trade Ministry Deddy Saleh said here on Thursday.
22-07-2011
EU Gives Green Light to First Batch of Sustainable Biofuel Schemes
22/07/2011 (Courthouse News Service) - The European Union said it certified seven voluntary biofuel schemes that use the "highest sustainability standards in the world," rejecting biofuels that have been grown on carbon-storing tropical rainforest and peatlands.
22-07-2011
Palm Oil Remains a Buy
22/07/2011 (Nasdaq) - The October-delivery contract fell as much as 0.4 percent to 3,141 ringgit ($1,048) per metric ton on the Malaysia Derivatives Exchange, and ended the morning session little changed at 3,150 ringgit. Futures reached 3,164 ringgit earlier, the highest level since June 23.
22-07-2011
Busy Programme Awaits Dompok In Australia
22/07/2011 (Bernama) -- Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, Tan Sri Benard Dompok, will have a busy programme during his eight-day working mission to Australia starting July 25, 2011.
22-07-2011
Emami To Set Up Oil Refinery In Andhra
22/07/2011 (Times of India) - Emami Biotech, a group company of Emami Ltd, is planning to set up an oil processing unit at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh at an investment of Rs 200 crore.
22-07-2011
FBM KLCI Ends Lower In Morning Trade
22/07/2011 (The Star) - The FBM KLCI ended the morning trade lower by 2.65 points, or 0.17% at 1,563.16 on Friday.
22-07-2011
Nigeria: Community, Company Clash Over Appointment
22/07/2011 (AllAfrica.com) - National Chairman of the National Action Council (NAC), Dr. Olapade Agoro has called for an urgent convocation of a Sovereign National Conference to discuss the nation's revenue sharing policy which he said is presently an anathema to Federalism.
22-07-2011
Singapore and Malaysia: Two Ways to Play the Region Between India and China
22/07/2011 (Investment U) - Located south of China and east of India, the booming Southeast Asian region is oftentimes overlooked by even the most sophisticated investors. The free trade pact between the regional grouping (ASEAN) and China inked early this year has led to a jump in trade and investment.
22-07-2011
CSR Asia Summit 2011 Themed \"Asian Growth: Global Responsibility\" To Be Launched in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
22/07/2011 (PR Newswire) - The ninth CSR Asia Summit, the annual flagship event of CSR Asia, will be launched at the Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 27th September 2011. Themed "Asian Growth: Global Responsibility", the two-day Summit will take place from 27th to 28th September 2011. The CSR Asia Summit aims to be the most innovative and thought-provoking on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Asia.
22-07-2011
Fitters Buys 30pc Stake In Philippine Plant
22/11/2011 (Business Times) - Fitters Diversified Bhd has acquired a 30 per cent stake in a rice husk-fuelled biomass power plant project in the Philippines, said its controlling stakeholder Datuk Richard Wong Swee Yee.