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29-09-2005
Palm oil extract to treat stroke
27/09/05 (NSTP) - The first evidence that palm tocotrienol, an extractfrom palm oil, may protect against stroke injury of the brain was revealedtoday.
29-09-2005
Palm Oil Industry Should Not Depend On Pegged Curr
26/09/05 PETALING JAYA, (Bernama) -- Minister of Plantation Industries andCommodities, Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said the palm oil industry shouldnot depend on a pegged currency as a way to maximise profit.
29-09-2005
Palm Oil Industry To Fund Biomass Projects In Comi
28/09/05 PETALING JAYA, (Bernama) -- Palm oil plantation companies willinvest a significant amount of funds in new projects to utilise biomass incoming years, according to Golden Hope Plantations Bhd.
29-09-2005
Palm olein imports likely to jump 15%
28/09/05 KARACHI ( Daily Times) - Imports of palm olien are likely toincrease by 15 percent due to lower than expected yield of cottonseed inthe country and a surge in the prices of all sorts of oils world over,millers and traders said on Monday.
29-09-2005
Palm Tocotrienol Protects Against Stroke Injury Of
27/09/05 PETALING JAYA, (Bernama) -- The first evidence that palmtocotrienol, an extract from palm oil may protect against stroke injury ofbrain, was revealed at the International Palm Oil Congress (PIPOC) byVitamin E researcher, Professor Chandan K Sen.
29-09-2005
Popularity Of Palm Oil Soaring In US Market
27/09/05 PETALING JAYA, (Bernama) -- The popularity of palm oil is soaringin the United States market, thanks to concerns over trans fatty acids,which are mainly seen in partial hydrogenation liquid oils such assoyabean, rapeseed and sunflower oils, and compulsory labelling beginningJan 1, 2006.
29-09-2005
R &D Will Be Driving Force In Today's Global Oils
26/09/05 PETALING JAYA, (Bernama) -- Research and development (R&D) willbe the key driving force in today's global oils and fats economy and tomove forward palm oil producers will have to focus more on providingvalue-added products.
29-09-2005
The Industry Should Produce More Bio-diesel
27/09/05 PETALING JAYA, (Bernama) -- The Malaysian palm oil industryshould look into producing more bio-diesel due to the huge demand for suchgreen energy in countries like Europe, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB),first grade steam engineer, research consultant, Ir Ravi Menon said.
29-09-2005
Well-Managed Palm Oil Plantation Environmentally S
PETALING JAYA, Sept 27 (Bernama) -- A well-managed palm oil plantation isenvironmentally sustainable, yields more oil with less environmental costthan other oil crops, has high biological productivity and provides arenewable fuel source, according to Hereward Corley, an expert from theUnited Kingdom.
26-09-2005
RSPO Principles And Criteria For Sustainable Palm
23/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- The Criteria Working Group (CWG) underthe Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) initiative has finalisedthe principles and criteria (P&C) for verifying sustainable palm oilproduction worldwide.
26-09-2005
Bumper Crop Of Palm Oil Expected In Malaysia This
23/09/2005 BANGI (Bernama) -- Favorable weather coupled with improvedyields and increased areas of matured palms are likely to see a bumpercrop for crude palm oil (CPO) in Malaysia this year to 15.3 million tonnesfrom 13.98 million in 2004.
26-09-2005
Criteria for sustainable palm oil finalised
24/09/ 2005 9The Star) - THE Criteria Working Group (CWG) under theRoundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) initiative has finalised theprinciples and criteria (P&C) for verifying sustainable palm oilproduction worldwide.