Archived News
27-03-2006
Plan for merged GLC plantations
27/3/06 KUALA LUMPUR (The Star) - Plans to create a mega plantation group with strong global presence through the merger of top government-linked (GLC) plantation companies will not take place at least for the next two to three years.
27-03-2006
BIOX in talks with plantation companies for JV
23/2/06 (The Edge Daily) - BIOX Group BV, a European-based supplier of biofuel blends for the energy sector, is in talks with several public-listed oil palm plantation companies to secure biomass for its biofuel power plants in Europe.
27-03-2006
US regrets lack of action at WTO farm trade talks
25/3/06 GENEVA (Gulf Times) - WTO farm talks, a central part of global free trade negotiations, have made some progress ahead of an April deadline but a breakthrough will come only when key political issues are resolved, officials said yesterday.
27-03-2006
EU BIODIESEL GROWRH SEEN SPARKING FOOD PRICE RISE
LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Rapid expansion of European Union biofuels production will lead to higher and more volatile food prices, imposing a financial burden on poor countries, an economist with a leading grain trading company said on Friday.
23-03-2006
Avoid palm oil to protect your heart and orangutans, says pressure group
3/22/2006 (USA Nutraingredients.com) - A full-page ad in the New York Times encourages consumers to steer clear of palm oil, claiming increased demand for the ingredient is driving the orangutan towards extinction.
23-03-2006
roup Calls on Food Industry, Consumers to Avoid Palm Oil
21/3/06 WASHINGTON, (U.S. Newswire) - Increased demand for palm oil is fueling destruction of the rainforest habitats of Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, pushing those and other already endangered species even closer to extinction, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). In a full-page ad in The New York Times, CSPI says orangutans are literally dying for cookies, as food manufacturers are replacing partially hydrogenated oils with palm oil in cookies, crackers, cereals, and microwave popcorn.
23-03-2006
Envoy to Encourage Malaysian Investment in Philippine Palm Oil
20/3/06 COTABATO CITY (Asia Pulse) - Visiting Malaysian High Minister YB Tan Sri Bernard G. Dompok has pledged to convince Malaysian investors to infuse capital to North Cotabato's growing palm oil industry in a bid to boost peace and development effort in the area and the rest of the region.
23-03-2006
PM Launches
21/3/06 PUTRAJAYA (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tuesday launched the B5 palm oil-based biofuel called "Envo Diesel", expressing the hope that it would revolutionise the use of fuel in the country
23-03-2006
Indonesia encouraging agriculture investment
20/3/06 (Bloomberg News) -- JAKARTA Indonesia could give tax breaks to help attract overseas investment in its oil palm plantations, cocoa and other agricultural products, a government official has said.
23-03-2006
Biofuel vehicles to hit streets
21/3/06 PUTRAJAYA (The Star) - Biofuel-run vehicles will hit the streets here today, with the Government taking the lead.
23-03-2006
Two biofuel plants planned in Kuantan
20/3/06 KUANTAN (The Star) - Two companies have expressed interest to set up biodiesel plants in the Kuantan Port Industrial Area (KPIA), with production expected to begin next year.
23-03-2006
The future's driving force
22/3/06 PUTRAJAYA (The Star) - Biofuel will be Malaysia's fuel of the future, with the Government giving it a promising start by filling up several of its vehicles with it yesterday.