Archived News
08-12-2005
PPB Oil plans to acquire 95% of Indonesia's Malindo
8/12/05 (The Star) - PPB Oil Palms Bhd has proposed to buy a 95.1% stake in PT Malindo Lestari Plantations for US$48,719.
08-12-2005
Indonesian President To Decide On Plantation Plan In W. Kalimantan
7/12/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - Forestry Minister M.S. Kaban said the decision on the controversial plan to establish oil palm plantations in frontier areas will be left to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
08-12-2005
Indonesia Called To Lift Its Tax On CPO Exports
7/12/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - In order to boost its crude palm oil exports, Indonesia, facing stiff competition from Malaysia, should lift its tax on CPO exports, or at least maintain the current CPO export tax at three per cent, instead of raising it, agricultural expert and former legislator, Imam Churmen said here Wednesday.
08-12-2005
Indonesia's CPO Output To Reach 14.3 MLN Tons In 2006: Exec
6/12/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - Indonesia's crude palm oil (CPO) production is expected to increase by one million tons to 14.3 million tons in 2006, an executive said here on Sunday.
08-12-2005
Central Kalimantan Aims For CPO Output Of 1 MLN Tons In 2006
5/12/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - Central Kalimantan hopes to produce at least 1 million tons of crude palm oil (CPO) in 2006, up from an estimated 800,000 tons in 2005
08-12-2005
New Animal Found On Borneo Island
7/12/05 JAKARTA, Indonesia, (AP) - A catlike creature photographed by camera traps on Borneo Island is likely to be a new species of carnivore, the World Wildlife Fund said Tuesday.
08-12-2005
ASA calls for action to defend tax incentive for U.S. biodiesel industry
7/12/05 ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Iowa Farmer Today.com) - The American Soybean Association (ASA) today expressed outrage over the announcement that large quantities of biodiesel will be imported to take advantage of the new tax incentive for biodiesel sold in the United States.
08-12-2005
Malaysia Approves Nine Licenses to Build Biodiesel Plants
12/7/2005 KUALA LUMPUR (Agence France-Presse) - Malaysia said Tuesday it has approved nine licences to build bio-diesel plants here, including to foreign investors, as demand for alternative fuel rises amid skyrocketing oil prices.
08-12-2005
Government to invest RM120m in biodiesel plants
7/1/205 (The Star) - THE Government plans to invest RM120mil in three joint-venture biodiesel plants
05-12-2005
Malaysian indigenous people protest oil palm, logging
2/12/05 KUCHING, Malaysia (AFP) - Some 50 protesters representing indigenous communities all over Malaysia's Sarawak state, which is famous for its forests, called for an end to palm oil plantations and logging on their native lands.
05-12-2005
China tariff move a boost for Malaysia's palm oil exports
3/12/05 ( The Star) - THE liberalisation on palm oil imports into China, effective early next month, signals more palm oil, especially refined bleached and deodorised (RBD) palm stearin, to be imported at competitive prices.
05-12-2005
Golden Hope Teams Up With Sumitomo On Palm Oil Projects
1/12/05 KUALA LUMPUR, Dec (Bernama) -- Golden Hope Plantations Bhd, Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese multinational Sumitomo Corporation to collaborate in various projects related to the palm oil business.