Archived News
19-09-2005
Palm plantation sparks rainforest row
16/09/05 ( CNN) - If completed, a section of rainforest nearly half thesize of the Netherlands will be destroyed in the Kalimantan region ofBorneo.
19-09-2005
Penans seek land for oil-palm ventures
Friday September 16, 2005
15-09-2005
China's Edible Oil Market Weak In August
14/09/05 BEIJING, (Asia Pulse) - Though edible oil prices stopped fallingand even rebounded slightly thanks to increasing holiday consumption,China's edible oil market as a whole was still in a weak mood in Augustthis year.
15-09-2005
Chinese Investors Building 3 CPO Processing Plants
9/14/2005 (Antara) - The Indonesian National News Agency via NewsEdgeCorporation : Bengkulu - Chinese investors are building three crude palmoil (CPO) processing plants in Mukomuko district, Bengkulu province, alocal official said.
15-09-2005
Devote portion to timber, oil palm growers urged
13 /09/ 2005 (Sabah Daily Express) - Part of Sabah's oil palm estates,covering 1.3 million hectares, should be replanted with timber species,Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said. He said 60 per cent of theState's forested areas must continue be maintained as a valuable assetconsidering that forestry contributed RM385 million - or about 22 per centof the State Government's revenue - last year.
15-09-2005
Loders plant feeds demand for trans fat alternativ
9/14/2005 (FoodNavigator.com) - Supplies to meet demand of raw materialsfor trans fat alternatives multiply as the first crude palm oil tankerarrives at Loders Croklaan new refinery in Rotterdam, billed as thelargest in Europe.
15-09-2005
Palm Kernel Oil Prices Riding On Oleochem Boom
12/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--A boom in the oleochemicals industry isboosting consumption of palm kernel oil in Malaysia, fueling a surge inprices.
12-09-2005
Record Indonesia palm oil exports expected
10/09/ 2005 (Business Times) -JAKARTA, Indonesia, the world'ssecond-biggest exporter of palm oil, may have record exports of thecommodity next year, helped by "ideal" growing conditions in key regionsand a slump in the local currency, a US Government report said.
08-09-2005
Be Careful About Globalisation, Warns Dr Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- Warning that Malaysia has to be carefulof globalisation, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said thenation should not swallow globalisation in totality.
08-09-2005
Demand for vegetable oils to increase
07/09/05 (Gulf Daily News) HAMBURG - Record mineral oil prices arelikely to greatly increase demand for palm oil, soyoil and other vegetableoils for biofuels, Hamburg-based oilseeds newsletter Oil World said.
08-09-2005
DG: MPOB to call tenders for new bio-diesel plant
07/09/05 (The Star) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will nextmonth call for tenders to build a new bio-diesel plant, the output ofwhich will mainly be exported to Europe.
08-09-2005
Felda Planning On Investing RM50 Million In China
03/09/05 BEIJING (Bernama) -- Felda, through its subsidiary company, VorayHoldings Limited, would be investing RM50 million to increase its palm oilexports to China in the near future.