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13-12-2005
China To Cancel Quota Control Over Import Of Soybean Oil
BEIJING, Dec 12 Asia Pulse - China will cancel the quota control and state trade management over the import of soybean oil, palm oil and rapeseed oil as of January 1, 2006, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
13-12-2005
Biodiesel players tie with MPOB
134/12/05 (The Star) - MALAYSIA'S pioneer biodiesel players - Golden Hope Plantations Bhd (GHope), Kumpulan Fima Bhd and Carotino Sdn Bhd - yesterday expressed strong confidence in their partnerships with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) to produce biodiesel.
13-12-2005
Malaysia, South Korea Sign MoU On Biofuel
12/12/05 PUTRAJAYA, (Bernama) -- Malaysia and South Korea, Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration in research and development (R&D) relating to biofuels, particularly oil palm based.
13-12-2005
MPOB To Help Build 3 Bio-Diesel Plants
12/12/05 PUTRAJAYA, (Bernama) -- In support of the government's move towards renewable energy supply, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Monday entered into agreements with three companies, namely Rubiatec Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Golden Hope Plantations Bhd; Kumpulan Fima Bhd and; Carotino Sdn Bhd for the development of three bio-diesel plants.
13-12-2005
Indonesia And Malaysia Can't Fix CPO Prices
12/12/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The Asean Vegetables Oil Club (AVOC) said it is impossible for Malaysia and Indonesia, the world's largest and second largest producers of crude palm oil [CPO], to set the price of the commodity
13-12-2005
Kellogg's Trans-Fat Tradeoff
12/12/05 (Financial Times) - With a new Food and Drug Administration labeling guideline just weeks away, Kellogg (NYSE: K - News) disclosed Friday that it will replace oils high in trans fatty acids in some of its products with a new soy oil that promises to cut or eliminate trans fat content.
13-12-2005
Don't Interfere, Masing Tells NCR Landowners
11/12/05 KANOWIT (Bernama) -- Sarawak Land Development Minister Datuk Dr James Jemut Masing is concerned over the tendency among some landowners and politicians to interfere in the running of oil palm plantations on native customary right (NCR) lands in the state.
13-12-2005
Local supplies to trim Indian edible oil imports
10/12/2005 NEW DELHI, (Reuters): Good domestic supplies and stocks are expected to trim India's edible oil imports by more than 100,000 tonnes in November-January, or around 15 per cent, trade and industry officials said yesterday.
13-12-2005
Duty duel jars Asean symphony
12/12/05 Kuala Lumpur, (The Tetegaph) - A duty duel is raging amid a diplomatic scramble to carve out a pan-Asian free trade area.
13-12-2005
Settlers told to improve status
13/12/05 (The Star) - PUTRAJAYA: Felda settlers, who will get RM97mil in bonus payments by the end of the month, must strive harder to be either in the middle-income or lower middle-income group, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
13-12-2005
Govt to proceed with huge plantation plan
11/12/05 (Jakarta Post) JAKARTA: - The government says it will stick to its plan to clear 1.8 million hectares of forest on the Indonesian-Malaysian borders in Kalimantan despite the discovery of a rare carnivore, dubbed the Beast of Borneo, in the island's forests recently.
08-12-2005
OUTLOOK 06:Palm Oil Sales To Rise On U.S, China Demand
6/12/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Palm oil prices found a new supportive factor when anticipated demand from the biofuels sector altered the dynamics of palm oil pricing in 2005.