Archived News

14/7/2005 Business Times (Malaysia) - GOLDEN Hope Plantations Bhd willbuy a portion of Germany's Cognis Deutschland GmbH & Co KG global oils andfats business in a deal believed to be worth almost RM300 million.

14/07/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones) -- Growing concerns about food safetyare putting not only the quality of palm oil, but also the machinery andequipment used in the processing, storage and transport of the oil, underincreasing scrutiny, a senior Malaysian industry official said.

13/07/2005 (Agri Market) - Russia increased tropical oil imports in May2005 by 1.7 times compared to April. Total May imports of tropical oils toRussia made 58,600 tonnes. Coconut imports in the mentioned periodincreased by 2.2 times making up 12,300 tonnes. Pal kernel oil importsincreased by 16.7 times compared to April and made 3,800 tonnes.

Monday July 4, 2005 (The Star) - THE elimination of the import tariffrate quota on edible oil in China from next year, coupled with risingconsumption of the product there, augur well for palm oil, which hasgained popularity in the country.

SIBU, June 29 (Bernama) -- The state government will not resort tousurping the people's lands to implement large-scale plantation projects.

2/7/2005 Philippine Daily Inquirer - A GENERATION ago, importedvegetable oil producers told Filipino consumers to replace traditionalcoconut oil with their "healthier" soybean and corn oils. Now, independentnutritional biochemists are finding otherwise.

Manila Jul 04 (Sun Star) - THE Department of Agriculture (DA) 11reported that the country's palm oil consumption grows by 2.18 percentannually.

03 July, 2005 Sabah Daily Express - Kota Kinabalu: Oil palmplantations in Sabah are more aware of environmentally sustainablepractices and are doing their part in rehabilitating forests in the lowerKinabatangan area, said a WWF Malaysia official.

MACHANG, July 2 (Bernama) -- Felcra Bhd is studying various technologies,both local and from outside, to get the most suited for the production ofdiesel from oil palm biomass.

6/29/2005 CINCINNATI, Ohio - TODAY Cognis Corporation is excited tointroduce the QTA(R) System's capabilities of quickly analyzing TransFatty Acid in oils, shortenings and fats. The FT infrared system providesa Trans Fatty Acid profile, based off of AOCS standards, within minutes.

29/6/2005 (The Star) - THE Assar Senari group has secured funding fromthe RHB group for its proposed independent oil terminal (IOT) and palm oilrefinery projects in Kuching estimated to cost RM300mil.

6/28/2005 The Corn & Soybean Digest - The future of soybean rust in theU.S. may be better understood by the Brazilian view of tomorrow.