Archived News
15-01-2007
Don't shoot at jumbos fleeing floods
11/1/07 (Sabah Daily Express) Kota Kinabalu: Oil palm smallholders in the Kinabatangan and Segama areas have been advised not to shoot at elephants encroaching into their land to seek shelter, following the destruction of their habitat by floods.
15-01-2007
Cutting trans fats can be costly
13/1/07 (Frorida Today) - Panera Bread got rid of trans fats last year.
15-01-2007
Polluting mill to be charged
10/1/07 (The Star) - THE New Year has brought good news for 750 villagers who have been complaining against a polluting oil palm mill near Kuala Ketil for over a year.
15-01-2007
Plantation companies survive the wrath
13/1/07 (The Star) PETALING JAYA - Plantation players and analysts believe the floods that hit Johor last month was just a blip for the sector, particularly for companies with land in Johor, and business for them was largely unaffected.
15-01-2007
PetroChina to Use Forest Bioenergy as Ethanol Feedstock Alternative
12/1/07 SHANGHAI (Interfax-China) -- PetroChina Company Ltd. [NYSE:PTR] signed an agreement with the State Forestry Administration to establish bio-energy bases in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces to produce ethanol and biodiesel, a company official told Interfax.
15-01-2007
Asean-China to ink Services Agreement
12/1/07 (The Star)CEBU CITY - Asean and economic powerhouse China are set to open up each others services as part of efforts to establish a free trade bloc with the signing of an agreement between the regional grouping and China on Saturday.
15-01-2007
Rafidah: FTA Talks With India Will Not Proceed If Conditions Not Met
CEBU CITY, Jan 11 (Bernama) -- Asean will not hesitate to stop negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India if the issue of Exclusion List of goods is not resolved by July this year.
15-01-2007
M'sian palm oil exports reach a new record
12/1/07 (The Edge News) - Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian palm oil exports reached a record 31.81 billion ringgit (9.05 billion dollars) in 2006, thanks to high prices and strong demand from the food and biodiesel sectors, a report said Thursday.
11-01-2007
PERFORMANCE OF THE MALAYSIAN PALM OIL INDUSTRY, DECEMBER 2006
11-01-2007
Floods reduce palm oil production
10/1/07 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian Palm oil Board said palm oil production dropped 26% to 1.14 million tonnes in December from the previous month after floods in main producing states of Johor and Pahang cut output.
11-01-2007
2006 palm oil exports hit record RM31.8b
11/1/07 (NSTP) - THE value of Malaysia's palm oil exports reached a record RM31.81 billion last year, helped by factors including the high prices enjoyed by crude palm oil (CPO) in the second half.
11-01-2007
RI moving fast on biofuel development
10/1/07 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Indonesia is laying the foundations to become one of the world's top biofuel producers in the coming years, with 59 energy firms and institutions inking 58 agreements Tuesday as their preliminary commitments to investing US$12.4 billion in the renewable energy sector.