Archived News
20-01-2009
Rethinking biofuel policies
20/01/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - Alternative energy technologies are likely to become a mainstream issue this year. The volatility of oil prices and dwindling reserves adds incentive for the development of renewable energy sources. The abatement of Greenhouse Gasses (GHGs) emissions, however, is the most frequently cited argument for the promotion of biofuels.
20-01-2009
Malaysia may scrap palm oil windfall tax
19/01/2009 (Business Times) - THE Malaysia's government is considering a request by domestic palm oil producers, including Sime Darby Bhd and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, to scrap a windfall tax after the price of the commodity slumped.
20-01-2009
Plan to Barter Palm Oil for Fertiliser With N. Korea, Russia
18/01/2009 (iStockAnalyst) - MALAYSIA, in efforts to reduce its fertiliser import bill, will barter US$70 million (RM250.6 million) worth of palm oil for fertiliser with North Korea and Russia.
19-01-2009
Edible oil imports double on duty fears
19/01/2009 (Economic Times), New Delhi - India’s edible oil import more than doubled in December 2008 over the year-ago period as traders are buying on a large scale on apprehension that the government may impose import duty on crude palm oil.
19-01-2009
Palm-oil Group Plans Bt2-bn Foray Into
19/01/2007 (Nation Multimedia) - Maximising the potential of its palm-oil processing by-products, Vichitbhan Group, the country's leading palm-oil crushing concern, is investing almost Bt2 billion to set up biogas and biomass energy businesses, as well as a fertiliser plant.
19-01-2009
Malaysia In Fertilizer-CPO Barter Trade With Korea
17/01/2009 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities is allowing the importation of fertilizer components into Malaysia for the exchange of crude palm oil (CPO).
19-01-2009
Last stand for the orangutan
18/01/2009 (The Saultstar) - Hoping to unravel the mysteries of human origin, anthropologist Louis Leakey sent three young women to Africa and Asia to study our closest relatives: It was chimpanzees for Jane Goodall, mountain gorillas for Dian Fossey and the elusive, solitary orangutans for Birute Mary Galdikas.
19-01-2009
Biomass as renewable energy
17/01/2009 (The Star Online) - FOLLOWING the surge in the crude oil market and the subsequent rise in biofuel production, palm oil prices have been coupled with fuel prices. But there is another dimension to the oil palm industry’s energy potential – the use of biomass to generate electricity.
16-01-2009
POIC To Lead Industrial Development In Sabah
16/01/2009 (Bernama), Lahad Datu - The Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Lahad Datu set up about two years ago by the Sabah state government is intended to lead industrial development in the state.
16-01-2009
Risda chief: Don’t get cheated by other oil palm centres
15/01/2009 (The Star Online), Muar - An oil palm fruit weighing centre here has been receiving more than 22,000 tonnes of seeds every month since it was set up in March last year.
15-01-2009
CPO price falls in line with soybean oil
14/01/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The price of crude palm oil (CPO) fell below RM1,900 per tonne yesterday, tracking the sharp downturn in the price of soybean oil overnight on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) as well as lower crude oil prices.
15-01-2009
Biofuel manufacturers need new licences
14/01/2009 (The Star Online), Bangi - Existing biofuel manufacturing licence holders have been given until end-April to reapply for a new operating licence from the Primary Industries and Commodities Ministry, said minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.