Archived News
19-09-2005
Higher Crude Oil Prices Spark Interest In Palm Oil
17/09/05 BANGI, (Bernama) -- Higher crude oil prices may not be all thatbad, considering that they serve as a double blessing for Malaysia's"golden crop" of crude palm oil (CPO).
19-09-2005
Kulim To Export Palm Oil From Solomon Islands Vent
16/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd's venture in theSolomon Islands is on track to export its first batch of crude palm oil(CPO) to Europe in the second quarter of 2006.
19-09-2005
Kulim to restore ops in Solomon Islands
17/09/05 (Business Times) - KULIM (Malaysia) Bhd, which owns some6,500ha of oil palm plantations in the Solomon Islands, plans to fork outabout RM70 million to rehabilitate its oil palm operations and millingfacilities there.
19-09-2005
Malaysian Palm Oil Giant Golden Hope Buys Stake In
16/09/2005 (Business Times) - GOLDEN Hope Plantations Bhd has bought a40 per cent stake in Savola Morocco S.A., a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia'spublic-listed company Savola Edible Oils Co Ltd for RM45.8 million.
19-09-2005
MPOB directory on who’s who in palm oil industry
6/09/05 (The Star) - THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will distributea business directory on "Who’s who in the palm oil industry" during thefive-day 2005 Palm Oil International Congress, or better known as PIPOC,from Sept 25.
19-09-2005
Palm plantation sparks rainforest row
16/09/05 ( CNN) - If completed, a section of rainforest nearly half thesize of the Netherlands will be destroyed in the Kalimantan region ofBorneo.
19-09-2005
Penans seek land for oil-palm ventures
Friday September 16, 2005
15-09-2005
China's Edible Oil Market Weak In August
14/09/05 BEIJING, (Asia Pulse) - Though edible oil prices stopped fallingand even rebounded slightly thanks to increasing holiday consumption,China's edible oil market as a whole was still in a weak mood in Augustthis year.
15-09-2005
Chinese Investors Building 3 CPO Processing Plants
9/14/2005 (Antara) - The Indonesian National News Agency via NewsEdgeCorporation : Bengkulu - Chinese investors are building three crude palmoil (CPO) processing plants in Mukomuko district, Bengkulu province, alocal official said.
15-09-2005
Devote portion to timber, oil palm growers urged
13 /09/ 2005 (Sabah Daily Express) - Part of Sabah's oil palm estates,covering 1.3 million hectares, should be replanted with timber species,Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said. He said 60 per cent of theState's forested areas must continue be maintained as a valuable assetconsidering that forestry contributed RM385 million - or about 22 per centof the State Government's revenue - last year.
15-09-2005
Loders plant feeds demand for trans fat alternativ
9/14/2005 (FoodNavigator.com) - Supplies to meet demand of raw materialsfor trans fat alternatives multiply as the first crude palm oil tankerarrives at Loders Croklaan new refinery in Rotterdam, billed as thelargest in Europe.
15-09-2005
Palm Kernel Oil Prices Riding On Oleochem Boom
12/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--A boom in the oleochemicals industry isboosting consumption of palm kernel oil in Malaysia, fueling a surge inprices.