Archived News

1/2/06 (The Star) - Golden Hope Plantations Bhd (GHope) plans to consolidate its biodiesel projects this year, but will remain active in land expansion for oil palm cultivation in Indonesia.

31/1/06 Chennai (The Hindu) - THE Union Government on Tuesday cut the tariff values or the base price at which the customs duty are calculated for vegetable oils. This is the third time that it has cut the values this year.

7/1/06 JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's government plans to develop 3 million hectares of palm oil plantations in the next five years to meet increasing demand for biofuel as an alternative source of energy, the agriculture minister said on Wednesday.

26/1/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- Chin Teck Plantations Bhd will replant 800 hectares of oil palm plantations in Malaysia this year, and plant an additional area of 4,000 hectares in Indonesia over the next three years to meet supply.

30/1/06 JAKARTA, (Bernama) -- Johor Corporation (JCorp) that has invested over RM300 million in Indonesia is eyeing opportunities to expand and increase its investment in the republic especially in the oil palm plantation, medical and health, and carpark management sectors.

26/1/06 LUMUT(Bernama) -- Malaysia, already a major producer of palm oil, now aims to the world's biggest producer of biodiesel, says Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

24/1/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - The government's proposal to turn over 1.8 million hectares to oil palm cultivation in Kalimantan is not economically feasible, with only 10 percent of the land actually suitable for growing oil palms, a government official says.

23/1/06 KRABI (Asia Pulse) - A government-supported bio-diesel project is anticipated to help reduce Thailand's imports of diesel by up to Bt60 billion (US$1.5 billion) annually over the next five years, according to Energy Minister Viset Choopiban.

23/1/06 KOTA KINABALU (Bernama) -- The findings of a three-year genetic study on the orangutan, which was recently conducted in Sabah, showed strong evidence to support that humans have pushed orangutans to the brink of extinctio

24/1/06 SANDAKAN (The Star) - All palm oil mills have been warned to stop discharging effluents directly into rivers.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Wed: Indonesia's Government plans to develop 3 million ha of oil palm plantations in the next five years to meet increasing demand for biofuel as an alternative source of energy, the Agriculture Minister said today.

25/1/2006 (Busienss Times) - THE imposition of trans-fatty acid labelling by the US from this month will not have any negative impact on the price of crude palm oil (CPO), K&N Kenanga Bhd vice-president and head of research Seow Choong Liang said.