Archived News

25/05/2011 (Tempo Interactive) - The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry continues to develop bio-energy in Indonesia. Bio-energy utilization will not only increase national energy resilience, but also provide cleaner energy.

25/05/2011 (News Straits Times) - At least, that is what 65 students from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and Indonesia’s Universitas Tanjungpura are trying to prove on a 6,500km journey from Singapore to Laos which began on Sunday.

24/05/2011 (Bernama) - Total trade between Malaysia and China's Guangxi Province, reached a record US$260 million last year.

24/05/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil declined, ending the longest rally in more than two months, as falling crude oil prices reduced the appeal of the commodity as a source of biofuel.

24/05/2011 (Bloomberg) - China’s palm oil imports, the world’s second-biggest, rose to the highest level this year in April as warmer weather boosted demand for the cooking oil.

24/05/2011 (Bloomberg) - The U.S. and China led 23 nations in agreeing on the the first guidelines for producing biofuel from crops such as palm oil, an agricultural commodity used for cooking and to make detergents as well as fuel.

24/05/2011 (Daily Times) - Manufacturers of ghee and cooking oil have made pre-budget increase in ghee and cooking oil rates.

24/05/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - In a move seen by critics as a sign of the government’s waning drive to save the nation’s forests, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono recently added the phrase “pro-business” to his strategy for achieving sustainable development.

24/05/2011 (Jakarta Post) - American consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is exploring opportunities to invest in Indonesia’s downstream palm oil industry to ensure a sustainable supply for its fatty alcohol needs.

24/05/2011 (The Nation) - Famous industrialist, chairman Pakistan Edible Oil Refiners Association (PEORA) and former president Faisalabad Chamber of commerce and industry Mian Muhammad Hanif has proposed to the federal government some suggestions for the upcoming federal budget 2011-12 that levy withholding Tax on Imported Edible Oils in the PTR Mode. “The structure of income tax applicable on Edible Oil and Vegetable Ghee industries before 30th June 2009 would be as on import of raw material at 2% us 148(8) and as final discharge of liability.”

24/05/2011 (The Star) - The state Wildlife Depart­ment and several NGOs have combined forces to repair a rope bridge across the Sungai Takala to enable the orang utan to move about in Sabah’s east coast lower Kinabatangan region.

24/05/2011 (Borneo Post) - Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) will continue to be on the lookout for buyers for its non-core businesses, which include its parquet, soap, nutraceuticals and rubber gloves operations, although the group admitted that it is not easy to find buyers at the ‘right’ place.