Archived News
14-04-2009
Chinese taste for fried food may keep vegetable oils hot despite slump
13/04/2009 (Times Online) - Permanently changed diets in China and the world's unrelenting appetite for fried food may defy the global recession and trigger a “stagflation†surge in the price of edible oils, commodity traders in Asia have said.
14-04-2009
New orangutan population found in Indonesia
13/04/2009 (AP), Jakarta - Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia — perhaps as many as 2,000 — giving a rare boost to one of the world's most endangered great apes.
14-04-2009
World\'s Largest Palm Oil Producer Establishes Relationship with SRS Engineering
09/04/2009 (Biodiesel Magazine), Murrieta, CA - SRS Engineering Corp., a Southern California-based biodiesel equipment manufacturer, was visited on March 26, 2009 by a group of Indonesian delegates to uncover potential goods to import and export from the U.S. These delegates, who represent commerce interests in their country, visited a handful of Southern California businesses to discuss potential trade agreements between the two countries.
14-04-2009
March 2009 Palm Oil Stocks Down 12.89 Percent
10/04/2009 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's palm oil stocks in March 2009 dropped by 12.89 percent to 1.364 million tonnes from 1.566 million tonnes in the previous month.
14-04-2009
How To Save The Biodiesel Industry
08/04/2009 (Forbes) - BURLINGAME, Calif.--Can the biodiesel industry be saved? It's remotely possible--but not unless the government steps in to jump-start the besieged market.
08-04-2009
AHMAD IBRAHIM: Consumers should not take palm oil for granted
08/14/2009 (NST Online) - ON a recent trip to London, I chanced upon an article in National Geographic magazine describing the supposed threat posed to Borneo's rainforest by oil palm.
08-04-2009
‘Avoid Panic,’ but Conditions Ripe For El Nino
07/04/2009 (The Jakarta Globe) - Indonesia’s largely benign experience with the weather could be in for a jolt, with sea temperatures starting to rise, raising the possibility that El Nino, the tempestuous weather phenomenon that wreaks havoc on the world’s food supply, could return in August.
08-04-2009
Govt to lower benchmark for CPO export levy
07/04/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - The government plans to lower the minimum benchmark price of crude palm oil (CPO) for calculating the payment of export duty.
08-04-2009
Indonesian palm oil industry takes step towards sustainability
07/04/2009 (WWF), Jakarta - A major Indonesian plantation company has become the country’s first certified maker of sustainable palm oil as WWF simultaneously collaborated with the Indonesian Department of Agriculture and others to hold a first-time regional training workshop for small producers.
08-04-2009
Chin: Smaller inventory shows effectiveness of replanting scheme
08/04/2009 (The Star Online), Putrajaya - Malaysia’s palm oil stocks for end-March are expected to be lower at 1.5 million-1.51 million tonnes from 1.56 million tonnes in February, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.
08-04-2009
Go-slow on trade pact with Asean
06/04/2009 (The Telegraph), New Delhi - Commerce minister Kamal Nath is unlikely to have with him the papers for signing the free trade agreement when he meets Asean leaders in Thailand this weekend.
08-04-2009
Local Firms Hesitant Toward Burmese Bid to Attract Investment in Plantations
06/04/2009 (The Jakarta Globe) - Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono says the Burmese government has invited Indonesian companies to invest in developing that country’s oil palm and rubber plantations, although business players at home say they will have to first see for themselves whether conditions in Burma are favorable.