Archived News
16-11-2005
Watch Tower: Edible oil and health
10/11/05 (Central Chronicle) - By giving up on traditional oils, we lose out on nutrition, point out Vibha Varshney and Sourav Mishra
16-11-2005
Loders Croklaan targets trans fat free demand
11/10/2005 (Nutra USA Ingredients.com) - Netherlands-based Loders Croklaan is expanding its palm oil processing facilities in the US in order to tap the growing demand for trans fat free oil.
16-11-2005
Tocopherols Get Mixed Results in Cancer Prevention Study
15/11/05 Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (NewsRx.com) -- Tocopherols were associated with higher risk of gastric cardia cancer, whereas dietary intake of fruits, vitamin C, tocopherols, and lycopene seemed protective for gastric noncardia cancer.
16-11-2005
Indonesian Palm Oil Firm to Build New Oleochemical Plant with Indian Investor
15/11/05 Medan (Antara) - PTPN-III, one of Indonesia's state-owned plantation companies, is currently making preparation to build an oleo chemical factory in cooperation with an Indian investor, company's managing director Akmaluddin Hasibuan said here Saturday.
16-11-2005
Investors Planning 3 Palm Oil Projects in Philippines
14/11/05 (Financial Times ) - Malaysian and local investors are considering to invest a total of about P16.7 billion (US$306M) in three palm oil projects in Western Mindanao, an umbrella group of industry players announced.
16-11-2005
U.S. Soybean Farmers' Group Outraged That Biodiesel Imports May Get Tax Incentive
14/11/05 Saint Louis, Missouri - The American Soybean Association (ASA) today expressed outrage over the announcement that large quantities of biodiesel will be imported to take advantage of the new tax incentive for biodiesel sold in the United States. The U.S. Congress enacted the biodiesel tax incentive to create a new market for U.S. soybean oil and other domestic feedstocks, and to reduce the nationÃŒs dependence on imported oil.
10-11-2005
IOI Corporation to Build Its First Biodiesel Plant
8/11/05 Business Times (Malaysia) - IOI Corp Bhd will, on its own, build its first biodiesel plant either in the Netherlands or in Pasir Gudang, Johor to capitalise on the green fuel's growing global potential.
10-11-2005
Palm Oil Seen Playing Role in EU Biofuels
01/11/05 KUALA LUMPUR/AMSTERDAM (Planetark.org) - Palm oil prices are set to end the year on a high as Europe's green fuel sector takes its first big consignments from top grower Malaysia to convert into diesel at a time when crude oil prices are soaring.
10-11-2005
Cargill and Temasek Holdings Invest in Palm Plantations in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
07/1105 Singapore (Soyatech.com)-- Cargill and Temasek Holdings have acquired CDC Group plc's palm plantation interests in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
10-11-2005
China's Soybean Oil Price Expected to Fall Further
07/11/05 SHENYANG (Asia Pulse) - China's bean oil price is expected to fall further in November as new domestic production is put on the market and more imports from the United States are delivered, according to an autumn grain trade fair here on October 28.
10-11-2005
Golden Hope to Build 2 More Biodiesel Plants
31/10/05 (Business Times) - Golden Hope Plantations Bhd will build two more biodiesel plants - one in Banting, Selangor, and another in Rotterdam, Holland, costing more than RM100 million collectively.
10-11-2005
Green Technology Investments Vital For M'sian Companies
28/10/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- Malaysian companies involved in the petrochemical processing, environmental, waste and water management sectors should continuously invest and employ latest available technologies to boost their capabilities and services.