Archived News

10/5/06 (mercurynews.com) - New food labeling requirements have made it easier to determine if our favorite foods contain harmful trans fats. But the demand among food manufacturers for alternatives to trans fats may have an unfortunate consequence: Greater use of palm oil in many popular food products.

10/5/06 Sandakan (Daily Express News) - The Sandakan Tourism Committee under the Sandakan Municipal Council (MPS) strongly supports Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman's call to oil palm plantation owners encroaching into riparian areas to immediately vacate these areas or risk being penalised.

9/5/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Vehicle owners in Jakarta will have the choice of buying a more environmentally friendly alternative to diesel fuel when state oil and gas company Pertamina starts selling biodiesel fuel in its gas stations in mid-May.

6/4/06 AUSTIN (Texas) (The Star) - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has told US President George W. Bush his concerns over attempts by certain US groups to discredit palm oil.

5/5/06 (NSTP) - Oil companies in Malaysia will have to supply Envo Diesel, a made-in-Malaysia biofuel, and bear the blending costs when the law mandating its uses comes into force next year.

9/5/06 (The Star) - Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd might be on a steep earnings recovery path as a larger number of its oil palm trees mature and yields from its plantations start to jump.

8/5/06 (Daily Express News) - Kota Kinabalu: Oil palm companies in the Kinabatangan have been urged to ensure their plantation boundaries do not encroach riparian areas (along riverbanks) to avoid the risk of being penalised by the Government.

7/5/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - The government will go ahead with a much-criticized mega-plantation project along the Indonesia-Malaysia border on Borneo Island, but only small parts of the designated area can feasibly be used, says a minister.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 (Bernama) -- Limahsoon Bhd, an integrated manufacturer of laminated boards, will invest an initial RM10 million in a plant to produce charcoal, activated carbon and biofuel.

3/5/06 (The Edge Daily) - Malaysian crude palm oil prices are likely to inch closer to RM1,600 a tonne this year as the start of biodiesel production cuts domestic stocks, the country's commodities minister said

4/5/06 (The News & Observer) - New food labeling requirements have made it easier to determine whether our favorite foods contain harmful trans fats. But the demand among food manufacturers now for alternatives to trans fats may have an unfortunate consequence: Greater use of palm oil in many popular food products.

03/05/2006 (Reuters) - Pasir Gudang Port, the world's largest port for palm-oil shipments, declared business as usual on May 3, saying a major fire last weekend had not disrupted cargoes of the country's biggest non-petroleum export.