Archived News
31-10-2007
Malaysia’s Oct palm oil stocks seen down 2.4pc
30/10/2007 (Business Times, Malaysia) - Malaysian palm oil stocks are expected to fall 2.4 per cent in October from a month earlier due to declining production, a Reuters poll showed today.
31-10-2007
CPO hits record RM3,000
30/10/2007 (Daily Express News), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil physical prices reached a record high of RM3,000 per tonne for November Monday, buoyed by skyrocketing oil prices of US$93 per barrel.
31-10-2007
Middle East investors show keen interest
31/10/2007 (NST Online), Kuantan - Investors from the Middle East are expected to be among the first foreigners to take part in large-scale projects in the East Coast Economic Region (ECER).
31-10-2007
91 Biodiesel Projects Aprroved At End-September 2007
30/10/2007 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - A total of 91 biodiesel projects with production capacity of 10.193 million tonnes per year were approved by end-September this year, Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry's Parliamentary Secretary Senator Datuk Dr S. Vijayaratnam said Tuesday.
31-10-2007
Mass production of Malaysian biodiesel slow on soaring palm oil prices - report
30/10/2007 (Forbes), Kuala Lumpur - The mass production of palm oil-based biodiesel in Malaysia has been slow in taking off as the current high price of crude palm oil has made the use of the alternative energy source uncompetitive, a local daily reported Wednesday.
30-10-2007
China\'s palm oil futures price hits limit up on debut trading
29/10/2007 (Xinhua), Dalian - Palm oil futures hit the maximum daily price rise limit on debut trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), in northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Monday.
30-10-2007
Planting seeds of biofuel where little else grows
29/10/2007 (International Herald Tribune), Singapore - Until recently, Jatropha Curcas, a tall bush with highly toxic fruit and bark, was mainly used as a hedge plant to keep livestock away from crops.
30-10-2007
Astral to boost plantation landbank
30/10/2007 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Plantation and civil engineering counter Astral Asia Bhd is likely to boost its plantation landbank by more than 10 times with its recent agreement to develop plantations in Myanmar costing about RM680mil.
30-10-2007
MALAYSIA\'S ASTRAL ASIA IN OIL PALM PLANTATION JV IN MYANMAR
29/10/2007 (Trading Markets.com), Kuala Lumpur - Astral Asia Berhad (AAB)(KLSE:7054) on Friday said it had teamed up with two Myanmarese firms to develop 170,000 acres of virgin land into oil palm plantations in southern Myanmar.
30-10-2007
Singapore strives to lead next round of biofuels race
29/10/2007 (International Herald Tribune), Singapore - Second-generation biofuels, made from products like waste from agriculture and forestry, may not yet be a commercial reality, but that is not preventing Singapore from trying to position itself to become a major processing and trading hub in Asia for new clean energies.
29-10-2007
Ghee manufactures resist price control
27/10/2007 (The International News, Pakistan), Islamabad - The Pakistan Vanaspati Manufacturers’ Association (PVMA) has expressed its annoyance and displeasure over government’s action to reduce ghee prices by 25 per cent.
29-10-2007
Cooking oil prices may rise
27/10/2007 (Bangkok Post) - The Commerce Ministry is considering approving higher retail prices for cooking palm oil, acknowledging the impact of soaring demand for biofuels on raw material prices.