Archived News
21-02-2007
Global Demand for Fuel Crops Will Impact the Fertilizer Industry
15/2/07 LONDON, (PRNewswire) -- The rapidly growing production of biofuels worldwide is beginning to alter global demand patterns for fuel crops and will have an impact upon fertilizer consumption and mix.
21-02-2007
Malaysian firm eyes jatropha deal in RP
18/2/07 (Inquirer.net) - MALAYSIAN firm Biogreen Energy Sdn Bhd is preparing to sign an agreement with PNOC Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC) on the establishment of a jatropha nursery and plantation in two different locations in the country.
21-02-2007
Drought to hit palm oil output
17/2/07 ( Bloomberg) - INDONESIAN palm oil output will increase less than expected as the El Nino weather phenomenon-induced drought will cut output in southern Sumatra, Lampung and southern Kalimantan, a palm oil producer said.
15-02-2007
Palm oil research targets food industry benefits
14/2/2007 (Nutraingredients.com) - A new research centre in the UK focusing on palm oil research using latest molecular techniques could benefit the food industry.
15-02-2007
Brite-Tech to sell carbon credits to Danish Ministry
14/2/07 (The Edge Daily) - Brite-Tech Bhd's associated company, Brite-Tech Ventures Sdn Bhd, (BTV) has entered into a letter of intent with the Danish Ministry for the proposed sale of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs).
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.