Archived News
20-09-2006
India leaves palm oil import prices unchanged
15/09/06 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Friday left the base import prices of palm oils unchanged, but raised that of crude soyoil marginally, a government official said.
20-09-2006
Felda-P&G Bio-diesel Joint Venture To Start Output Early-2007
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (Bernama) -- Federal Land Development Authority Holdings Bhd and Procter & Gamble Co's (P&G) bio-diesel joint venture is expected to start production early next year.
20-09-2006
Biofuels look to the next generation
18/09/06 (BBC News ) - Biofuels are being hailed by politicians around the globe as a salvation from the twin evils of high oil prices and climate change.
20-09-2006
India cuts Asean sensitive items list by 294
19/09/06 ( The Economic Times) NEW DELHI - India has finalised its revised proposal for tariff liberalisation for the India-Asean comprehensive economic co-operation agreement.
20-09-2006
Indicators point to further price weakness
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board, in its monthly report on palm oil trade data, cited August palm oil output, put at 1,537,236 tonnes, as far outstripping August exports, put at 1,311,427 tonnes. The upshot: end-August 2006 palm oil stocks surged an unprecedented record high of 1,684,046 tonnes.
20-09-2006
Utd Plantations launches bio-energy facilities
15/09/06 (NSTP) - WHEN United Plantations Bhd launches its bio-energy facilities today, it will become among the first companies to start earning carbon credits in Malaysia.
13-09-2006
Palm oil industry outlook bright: Ong
13/09/06 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: The outlook for the palm oil industry is bright owing to greater consumer acceptance of its nutritional value as well as a viable source for biodiesel, said Malaysia Oil Scientists' and Technologists' Association (MOSTA) president Tan Sri Augustine S.H Ong.
13-09-2006
Plantation stocks continue to fall
13/09/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: Plantation stocks continued to decline yesterday as sentiment continued to weaken on a softening in crude palm oil (CPO) prices and higher inventory levels, analysts said.
13-09-2006
Biodiesel to drive up the price of cooking oil
12/09/06 (CNET News.com) - The popularity of biodiesel--made from vegetable matter intead of fossil fuels--"will tighten the supply of vegetable oils," William Camp, executive vice president of Archer Daniels Midland, said during a presentation at the ThinkEquity Partners Growth Conference in San Francisco.
13-09-2006
Issuance Of New Manufacturing Licence For Bio-diesel Put On Hold
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- The government has put on hold the issuance of new manufacturing licences for bio-diesel, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said Tuesday.
13-09-2006
Astra Agro wary of palm oil-based biodiesel plant returns
13/09/06 (NSTP) JAKARTA - PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia's biggest agriculture company by market value, isn't yet sure that biodiesel made from palm oil is commercially viable and is holding back on investing in a factory, unlike some rivals.
12-09-2006
Boustead, Boustead Prop’s Islamic plantation REIT plan
11/09/06 (The Edge News) - Boustead Holdings Bhd and Properties Bhd are setting up an Islamic plantation real estate investment trust (REIT), Al-Hadharah Boustead REIT, involving the proposed disposal of nine oil palm estates measuring 17,474.9ha and two palm oil mills for RM500 million.