Archived News
25-09-2006
Indonesia beckons
19/9/06 (NSTP) - WHEN met at a networking session in Jakarta recently, chairman of Indonesia's privately-held Para Group, Chairul Tanjung, urged his Malaysian counterparts to seize the opportunities that his country has to offer in various sectors and invest more.
25-09-2006
Emerging Markets Online Announces "Biodiesel 2020: A Global Market Survey"
22/9/06 HOUSTON(soyatech com) - Emerging Markets Online, an energy intelligence agency and management consulting firm, announces the release of Biodiesel 2020: A Global Market Survey.
25-09-2006
EU Farm Ministers Fail to Approve Use of New Biotech Rapeseed
18/9/06 (AP) BRUSSELS - EU agriculture ministers on Monday failed to agree on authorizing the use of some biotech rapeseeds which are tolerant to a certain herbicide.
20-09-2006
Oil palm by-product draws interest from Mid-East nations
19/9/06 (The Star) - MIRI: Malaysia’s ecomat - an environmentally friendly oil palm by-product that has proven effective in halting the spread of deserts in China - has drawn keen interest from Libya and Lebanon.
20-09-2006
India leaves palm oil import prices unchanged
15/09/06 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Friday left the base import prices of palm oils unchanged, but raised that of crude soyoil marginally, a government official said.
20-09-2006
Felda-P&G Bio-diesel Joint Venture To Start Output Early-2007
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19 (Bernama) -- Federal Land Development Authority Holdings Bhd and Procter & Gamble Co's (P&G) bio-diesel joint venture is expected to start production early next year.
20-09-2006
Biofuels look to the next generation
18/09/06 (BBC News ) - Biofuels are being hailed by politicians around the globe as a salvation from the twin evils of high oil prices and climate change.
20-09-2006
India cuts Asean sensitive items list by 294
19/09/06 ( The Economic Times) NEW DELHI - India has finalised its revised proposal for tariff liberalisation for the India-Asean comprehensive economic co-operation agreement.
20-09-2006
Indicators point to further price weakness
The Malaysian Palm Oil Board, in its monthly report on palm oil trade data, cited August palm oil output, put at 1,537,236 tonnes, as far outstripping August exports, put at 1,311,427 tonnes. The upshot: end-August 2006 palm oil stocks surged an unprecedented record high of 1,684,046 tonnes.
20-09-2006
Utd Plantations launches bio-energy facilities
15/09/06 (NSTP) - WHEN United Plantations Bhd launches its bio-energy facilities today, it will become among the first companies to start earning carbon credits in Malaysia.
13-09-2006
Palm oil industry outlook bright: Ong
13/09/06 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: The outlook for the palm oil industry is bright owing to greater consumer acceptance of its nutritional value as well as a viable source for biodiesel, said Malaysia Oil Scientists' and Technologists' Association (MOSTA) president Tan Sri Augustine S.H Ong.
13-09-2006
Plantation stocks continue to fall
13/09/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: Plantation stocks continued to decline yesterday as sentiment continued to weaken on a softening in crude palm oil (CPO) prices and higher inventory levels, analysts said.