Archived News
20-05-2011
Plantation alleges illegal harvesting of oil palm
20/05/2011 (Borneo Post) - The authorities are urged to take immediate action against those owners of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land who allegedly harvest mature oil palm fruits on their own in Dijih Plantation in Selangau.
20-05-2011
Moratorium Issued to Protect Primary Forests, Peatland
20/05/2011 (Jakarta Post) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday finally signed a policy banning the conversion of primary forest and peatland for two years as part of a government pledge to combat climate change through reducing deforestation.
19-05-2011
MIGHT To Open Office In New York Next Month
19/05/2011 (Bernama) - The Malaysian Industry- Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) will open an office in New York City, aimed at bringing together thought-leadership from a variety of international scientific research, technology and innovation policy communities from around the world.
19-05-2011
Malaysia To Tie Up With US Companies For Oil Palm Biomass Based Power, Says Najib
19/05/2011 (Bernama) - Malaysia will carry out biomass projects using waste from the oil palm industry to produce electric power, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
19-05-2011
OSK Maintains \"Sell\" Call On IOI Corp
19/05/2011 (Bernama) - OSK Research has maintained a \"sell\" call on IOI Corporation and lowered the target price to RM4.39 from RM4.41 due to aging trees despite the higher crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel oil (PKO) prices.
19-05-2011
Palm Oil Imports by India May Decline as Farmers Boost Oilseed Production
19/05/2011 (Bloomberg) - India, the world’s biggest user of cooking oil after China, will assure higher oilseeds prices for farmers, helping them boost output of soybeans and peanuts and potentially reducing imports of palm oil.
19-05-2011
Plantation Ops Pushes up TSH Q1 Profit
19/05/2011 (The Star) - TSH Resources Bhd net profit rose 112.7% to RM24mil in the first quarter ended March 31 from RM11.3mil posted in the same quarter a year ago on strong plantation earnings.
19-05-2011
Coast Region Testing Palm Oil Hybrids From Four Countries
19/05/2011 (ippmedia.com) - Africa Green Oils Limited is now studying the performance of four varieties of hybrid palm seedling in order to come up with the best strain for production of oil palm locally.
19-05-2011
Extinction Rates Overestimated, Global Crisis Remains: Study
19/05/2011 (The Epoch Times) - Extinction rates may have been overestimated by more than 160 percent based on current scientific methods, according to a new study published in Nature on May 18.
19-05-2011
West Africa Rising: Liberia Leads Charge to Lure Palm Oil Investors
19/05/2011 (Christian Science Monitor) - In the past three years, four major companies have promised a total of $2.6 billion in palm oil investment in Liberia, and more could be coming soon. Global demand for the versatile oil is expected to double by 2020.
19-05-2011
ULM\'s Paul Sylvester to Present in Malaysia
19/05/2011 (Monroe News Star) - University of Louisiana at Monroe Pfizer Endowed Professor of Pharmacology, Dr. Paul Sylvester, will give a plenary talk in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the PINC 2011.
19-05-2011
Veep Boakai Plants Sime Darby First Palm Tree Tomorrow
19/05/2011 (The Inquirer) - The Vice President of Liberia, Joseph N. Boakai, is expected to lead an array of government officials and senior members of Sime Darby Berhad Company this Thursday to Sime Darby Plantation in Garwula, Grand Cape Mount County, to plant the company's first oil palm tree. The program, which is scheduled to be held at Sime Darby's Matambo Estate in Garwula District, is also being attended by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sime Darby Berhad, the Right Honorable Tun Musa Hitam, and three other members of the Group's Board of Directors.