Archived News
17-07-2006
Plantations to drive KL Kepong profits
14/7/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd's (KL Kepong) profitability is expected to be driven by its plantation division due to improvements in yields, high rubber prices and increase in palm oil production.
17-07-2006
Biofuel raw material has uncertain future
16/7/06 (Bangkok Post) - Many private business operators in Thailand are cashing in on the alternative-fuel fad by selling jatropha seedlings, the seeds of which are used as a raw material for biofuel refining, to farmers at inflated prices and with little awareness of policy or demand, say experts.
17-07-2006
Kasetsart, PTT and Toyota seek new source of biodiesel
14/7/06 (The Nation) - Toyota Group and PTT Plc will share research with Kasetsart University to find new raw material for biodiesel, focusing on jatropha oil.
17-07-2006
Bursa not selling CPO settlement price licence to JADE
13/7/06 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia Bhd will not proceed to sell its crude palm oil (CPO) settlement price licence to Singapore-based Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE) as its proposal has not received approval from the relevant authorities.
17-07-2006
Indonesia Says Needs US$22 Billion Investment in Biofuels
14/7/06 (Reuters) - JAKARTA - Indonesia needs 200 trillion rupiah (US$22 billion) of investment to develop more biofuels so it can cut subsidised oil-product consumption by 10 percent by 2010, the mines and energy minister said on Thursday.
17-07-2006
U.S.-Malaysia Set For Round Two Of FTA Talks
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Bernama) -- The United States would like to see a "win-win" free trade agreement with Malaysia with both sides benefiting from an immediate duty-free status for much of its trade, Barbara Weisel, chief negotiator for the U.S., said here Friday.
17-07-2006
World oilseeds output seen down
14/7/06 (Business Line) - World oilseed output in the upcoming 2006-07 season is projected at 386.65 million tonnes (mt), marginally lower than previous year's 389.59 mt, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its latest report on world agricultural supply and demand estimate
10-07-2006
BioX environs project for palm oil mills
10/7/06 (The Star) - PLANTATION owners wanting to play a bigger role in preserving the environment can participate in BioX Group Asia's clean development mechanism (CDM) project, which helps contain methane gas released by palm oil mills.
10-07-2006
Malaysia Weighs Palm Oil Share for Food, Energy
7/6/06 (Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR - Hunger for palm-based biofuel is growing so fast that Malaysia has decided to stop licensing new producers while industry works out how to divide up its raw material between the food and energy sectors.
10-07-2006
Spot CPO poised to hit RM1,500 as demand surges
8/7/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: The spot price of crude palm oil (CPO) is poised to hit the RM1,500-per-tonne mark "soon", given the potential surge in demand as more palm-based biodiesel plants are set to start operations late this year and in 2007.
10-07-2006
Reduce pollution, oil palm operators told
7/7/06 (The Edge News) - Tawau: Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Karim Bujang urged operators involved in the palm oil industry to formulate ways and means to reduce pollution to safeguard the environment.
10-07-2006
Govt Identifies Petronas To Channel Biofuel
KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- The Government has identified Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) to help channel Malaysia's first-of-its-kind biofuel, envo diesel, said Plantation, Industries and Commodities Ministry Secretary-General, Datuk Dr Michael Dosim Lunjew.