Archived News
15-09-2005
Devote portion to timber, oil palm growers urged
13 /09/ 2005 (Sabah Daily Express) - Part of Sabah's oil palm estates,covering 1.3 million hectares, should be replanted with timber species,Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said. He said 60 per cent of theState's forested areas must continue be maintained as a valuable assetconsidering that forestry contributed RM385 million - or about 22 per centof the State Government's revenue - last year.
15-09-2005
Loders plant feeds demand for trans fat alternativ
9/14/2005 (FoodNavigator.com) - Supplies to meet demand of raw materialsfor trans fat alternatives multiply as the first crude palm oil tankerarrives at Loders Croklaan new refinery in Rotterdam, billed as thelargest in Europe.
15-09-2005
Palm Kernel Oil Prices Riding On Oleochem Boom
12/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--A boom in the oleochemicals industry isboosting consumption of palm kernel oil in Malaysia, fueling a surge inprices.
12-09-2005
Record Indonesia palm oil exports expected
10/09/ 2005 (Business Times) -JAKARTA, Indonesia, the world'ssecond-biggest exporter of palm oil, may have record exports of thecommodity next year, helped by "ideal" growing conditions in key regionsand a slump in the local currency, a US Government report said.
08-09-2005
Be Careful About Globalisation, Warns Dr Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- Warning that Malaysia has to be carefulof globalisation, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said thenation should not swallow globalisation in totality.
08-09-2005
Demand for vegetable oils to increase
07/09/05 (Gulf Daily News) HAMBURG - Record mineral oil prices arelikely to greatly increase demand for palm oil, soyoil and other vegetableoils for biofuels, Hamburg-based oilseeds newsletter Oil World said.
08-09-2005
DG: MPOB to call tenders for new bio-diesel plant
07/09/05 (The Star) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will nextmonth call for tenders to build a new bio-diesel plant, the output ofwhich will mainly be exported to Europe.
08-09-2005
Felda Planning On Investing RM50 Million In China
03/09/05 BEIJING (Bernama) -- Felda, through its subsidiary company, VorayHoldings Limited, would be investing RM50 million to increase its palm oilexports to China in the near future.
08-09-2005
Imports From Malaysia Hitting "Vanaspati" Industry
02/09/05 NEW DELHI, (Bernama) -- Increasing imports of hydrogenated edibleoil from Malaysia and an "inverted" duty structure, is posing a potentialthreat to the survival of Vanaspati (hydrogenated vegetable oil) sector inIndia.
08-09-2005
Indonesia Palm Oil Won't Gain Much From Weak IDR
02/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--A weakening rupiah should,theoretically, be positive for Indonesia's palm oil industry at theexpense of rival Malaysia, but it is unlikely to lead to a sudden surge inIndonesian palm oil exports, industry participants said Friday.
08-09-2005
Malaysia to export green fuel by 2006
06/09/2005 (The Edge Daily) - Malaysia will be able to export itsbiodiesel following the completion of the RM40 million pilot plant byOctober 2006, said Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) director general TanSri Dr Yusof Basiron.
08-09-2005
Palm oil importation growing in Mindanao
04/09/2005 (SunStar) - THE country's importation of palm oil willcontinue to grow even as new areas are needed to be opened soon.