Archived News

12/6/06 ( Business Times) - PORT of Le Havre, the biggest French Port, welcomes Malaysian palm oil shippers to use its port facilities and services as the main gateway markets in France, as well as other European markets.

12/6/06 9Business Times) - MALAYSIAN plantation and property group Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd's initiative in enhancing its earnings from its plantation division is beginning to show results.

6/6/06 (The Edge Daily) - Equator Life Science Bhd is looking to commercialise an instant composting system in Malaysia, which processes oil palm waste into organic fertiliser, following its JV agreement with Probio Co Ltd (PCL) and Biosmart Co Ltd (BCL)

6/6/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - The price of oil continues to increase and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted the trend will persist for the next two decades. The Jakarta Post's Benget Simbolon Tnb. examines how the Indonesian government is dealing with the energy issue in this special report.

9/6/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: Futures brokers stepped up their objection to Bursa Malaysia's plan to sell its crude palm oil (CPO) settlement price to Singapore-based Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange (JADE), stressing that the move could undermine the local market as the palm oil pricing centre of the world

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 (Bernama) -- CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd (CBIP) is eyeing Central America and Africa as the new market for its Modipalm, a patented palm oil mill technology.

8/6/06 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Biofuels have the potential to replace growing amounts of oil, but can cause agricultural and ecological damage if not not developed carefully, a report released on Wednesday said.

SANDAKAN, June 8 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Thursday commended the Sabah state government under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman for having the strong political will to implement sustainable forest management.

8/6/06 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: The government is taking steps to promote the research and development as well as utilisation of alternative fuels in Malaysia, including a RM1.9bil investment for bio-diesel projects this year as at June 1, according to Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.

SINGAPORE - 07 June 2006 - Sesdaq-listed Advanced Holdings Ltd. ("Advanced" or the "Group") , the best performing stock in Singapore in 2005 in terms of percentage gain in share price, announced today that it has incorporated two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Advanced Clean Fuels Pte Ltd ("Advanced Clean Fuels") in Singapore, and Advanced Biofuel Technologies Sdn Bhd ("Advanced Biofuel") in Malaysia.

5/6/06 (Bloomberg) JAKARTA: PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, the world's biggest instant- noodle maker, may sell shares of its palm oil units as surging demand for the commodity in India and China drives up prices.

5/6/06 ( Business Times) UNITED Plantations Bhd (UPB), one of the country's major plantation firms, is banking on research to boost crude palm oil yield way past the national average.