Archived News

31/12/05 (Expansion ) - German group Saria plans to build a biodiesel plant in the Spanish autonomous region of Madrid. Saria will build the plant, the first in the region, as part of a 50-50 arrangement with Catalan firm Garnova, the majority shareholder in Stocks de Valles, the owners of Catalonia's first biodiesel plant.

25/12/05 (NSTP) - MALAYSIA started work on biodiesel two decades ago, but the idea of palm oil powering machines on a large scale did not catch on until four months ago.

27/12/05 (The Satr) - Another anti-palm oil campaign is on, and this time it is linked with the endangered orang utan. Hilary Chiew reports.

22/12/05 JAKARTA, ( Asia Pulse) - The Indonesian government has decided to cut export tax on crude palm oil (CPO) by half, from 3 per cent to 1.5 per cent, effective in two weeks time.

22/12/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture and the Indonesian Plantation Research Institute (LRPI) are developing 50 hectares of castor oil palm seedlings to reach a 2006 target of 150,000 hectares for biodiesel.

21/12/05 KUCHING, (Bernama) -- Smallholders in Sarawak, through joint ventures with the private sector, are encouraged to participate in the Integrated Oil Palm Cattle programme in plantations to boost food production, particularly livestock.

24/12/05 (The Star) - KUMPULAN Guthrie Bhd (Guthrie) will focus on consolidating and increasing the capability of its Indonesian operations following the improved investment climate there, said chairman Tan Sri Musa Hitam.

23/12/05 (World Commodity Profiles)

22/12/05 (soyatech.com) - Lurgi AG, a subsidiary of the GEA Group, is to implement the world's largest biodiesel project in Piesteritz, Eastern Germany.

22/12/05 (soyatech.com) - A 'roundtable' panel concluded that palm oil, coconut oil and interesterified oils could provide a reasonable alternative to hydrogenated oils containing trans fats, after examining the oils' functionality in food products and their possible impact on consumer health.

21/12/05 (World Commodity Profiles)

20/12/05 PUTRAJAYA, (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tuesday chaired the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Palm Oil Industry, aimed at enhancing the performance of the sector which is considered vital to the country economy.