Archived News
12-05-2005
First batch of 1,100 Pakistani workers arrive in M
Wednesday May 11, 9:22 AM - More than 1,000 Pakistani workers havearrived in Malaysia as the first batch in an estimated 100,000 Pakistanisscheduled to stream into the country to fill a labor shortage caused bythe departure and expulsion of Indonesian workers, a news report saidWednesday.
12-05-2005
M'sia Can Supply Wider Range Of Products To Turkey
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 (Bernama) -- International Trade and Industry DeputyMinister, Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said Malaysia would be able tosupply a wider range of products and services to the Turkish market.
12-05-2005
Palm Oil Factories in Sumatra Must Own Plantations
JAKARTA, May 11 Asia Pulse - The provincial administration of Indonesia'sSouth Sumatra said it will close palm oil processing factories in thatregion that do not own oil palm plantations.An official of the regional administration Syamuil Chatib said thefactories will be given three years to acquire their own plantations.
12-05-2005
PPB Oil Palms to build 5 more mills for over RM360
May 11 12:20 AM - PPB Oil Palms Bhd, which may not achieve last year'sgrowth due to the softening palm oil prices, is planning to build fivepalm oil mills in Kalimantan, Indonesia, for possibly more than RM360million over a 10-year period, says its managing director Khoo Eng Min.
11-05-2005
10-year biotech masterplan for Stevian
Monday May 9, 2005 - STEVIAN Biotechnology Corp Bhd, one of the firstbiotechnology companies to operate in the country, expects its biochemicalproducts and food ingredients to generate RM6bil in revenue over the next10 years.
11-05-2005
KNOW THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FATS
May 7, 2005 - Vol.VIII Issue 18
11-05-2005
MPOA: Industry needs more perks
Wednesday May 11, 2005 - LOCAL oil palm industry players will need moreinvestment incentives from the Government to effectively compete withother major commodity players in the global market.
11-05-2005
Sejati seeks loan to fund ops
May 10 - SEJATI Oil Palm Feed Sdn Bhd submitted proposals to BankIndustri dan Teknologi Malaysia Bhd and Bank Pertanian Pertanian Malaysiato help fund its four factories, said its managing director, Zainal Ahmad."The proposal was made about two months ago. We are seeking about RM18million," said Zainal in an interview with Mail Money.
11-05-2005
Tg Langsat to build RM66m tank farm for new client
May 10 4:05 AM - Tanjung Langsat Port Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of JohorCorporation Bhd, has scored a coup by getting a major oil trading companyto shift the bulk of its tanking operations from Singapore to therelatively new port in Pasir Gudang.
07-05-2005
Indonesia's Crude Palm Oil Output May Drop 15% on
JAKARTA, May 4, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Indonesia risks losing atleast 15 percent of its crude palm oil (CPO) production within five yearsif it fails to address the problem of inferior oil palm seedlings, theIndonesian Palm Oil Producers Association (GAPKI) has said.
07-05-2005
After India, palm oil's big hope could be EU diese
AMSTERDAM/KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (Reuters) - Asian palm oil exporters couldsupply up to 20 percent of the European Union's biodiesel needs by 2010,as the grouping hastens steps to curb fossil fuel use and limit greenhousegas emissions.Such a scenario would mean bigger imports from Malaysia and Indonesia, thechief of Fediol, the European Union's vegetable oils federation, toldReuters in an interview.
07-05-2005
Felda plans to produce biomass as diesel alternati
The Sun Daily - May 06 2:59 AM JERTIH: The Federal Land DevelopmentAuthority (Felda) plans to produce biomass as an alternative to diesel,and slash its operating expenditure that has been pushed up by a higherdiesel price.