Archived News
15-02-2007
Boustead Expects Better Earnings With Higher Demand
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- Boustead REIT Managers Sdn Bhd, the first Islamic oil palm plantation real estate investment trust (REIT), expects better earnings this year due to increasing demand and higher crude palm oil (CPO) prices.
15-02-2007
CPO output may fall by 2015 if replanting delay continues
13/2/07 (NSTP) - MALAYSIA'S palm oil production may drop by 2015 if planters continue to delay replacing old trees with new ones.
15-02-2007
UK University, Malaysian Firm to Build Oil Palm Genetic Research Center
13 /2/2007 (soyatech.com) -- The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is to collaborate on a new research centre that will focus on oil palm research using the latest molecular techniques.
15-02-2007
Australia and New Zealand Launch Collaboration to Reduce Trans Fats in the Food Supply
12/2/2007 (soyatech.com) -- Opening the inaugural meeting of the Australia New Zealand Collaboration on Transfats today the Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing, Christopher Pyne, said that this was an important public health initiative.
15-02-2007
Brazil Steps Up Biodiesel Production
15/2/07 (Brazzil Magazine) - Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras wants to reach production of around 855 million liters of biodiesel a year by 2011. The firm is currently investing US$ 60 million in the development and implementation of three basic projects for the processing of vegetable diesel.
15-02-2007
Biofuels targets may kickstart raft of new businesses
14/2/07 (Checkbiotech.org) Switzerland - New Government requirements for fuel to contain a component of biofuel may kickstart a new energy sector, a lobbyist for sustainable business says.
15-02-2007
US Fund To Invest $35M In Brazil Biodiesel Project
13/2/07 SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--U.S. farmland investment group Global Ag Investments LLC is getting in on the biodiesel fever in Brazil by investing $35 million in a biodiesel plant targeting the European alternative fuels markets.
15-02-2007
Barriers and Drivers for the Biofuels Industry in Europe
12.02.2007 ( fona - Forschung für Nachhaltigkeit, Germany ) -- The Renewable Fuels Directive (Directive 2003/30/EC) sets recommended targets for biofuels as a share of the total fuels used for transport.
15-02-2007
BUSH CALLS FOR 20 PERCENT REDUCTION IN US GASOLINE USE BY 2017
22/1/07 (AP) - In his 2007 State of the Union address, US President George W. Bush unveiled a plan to reduce the country's use of gasoline by 20 percent in the next decade, by promoting alternative fuel sources and increased fuel efficiency standards for automobiles.
13-02-2007
Indonesian jailed for palm oil plantation in protected area
13/2/07 JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's Supreme Court has sentenced a palm oil plantation owner to eight years in jail for illegal cultivation in protected forest areas, a court spokesman said Tuesday.
13-02-2007
Palm oil - eco-vandal turned environmental saviour?
11/2/07 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The oil palm must be the most reviled plant on earth, held responsible for everything from rainforest destruction and orangutan annihilation to polluted Asian skies and exploitation of workers.
13-02-2007
Accord ends plan to open world's largest palm oil areas on Borneo
12/2/07 (Kyodo) - A declaration to conserve rainforests on Borneo has ended plans to open the world's largest palm oil plantations on the island, an environmental organization said Tuesday.