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27-12-2005
Palm Oil a Reasonable Replacement for Trans Fats, Says Industry-Led Roundtable
22/12/05 (soyatech.com) - A 'roundtable' panel concluded that palm oil, coconut oil and interesterified oils could provide a reasonable alternative to hydrogenated oils containing trans fats, after examining the oils' functionality in food products and their possible impact on consumer health.
27-12-2005
Brazil's Government May Boost Soybean Production
21/12/05 (World Commodity Profiles)
21-12-2005
Abdullah Chairs Palm Oil Industry Committee Meeting
20/12/05 PUTRAJAYA, (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tuesday chaired the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Palm Oil Industry, aimed at enhancing the performance of the sector which is considered vital to the country economy.
21-12-2005
Indonesia Asks Palm Oil Plantation Cos To Build Factories
19/12/05 BENGKULU, (Asia Pulse) - Private plantation companies cultivating oil palm in Bengkulu have been asked to build processing factories to produce palm oil end products.
21-12-2005
Biodiesel venture logical next step for JC Chang
19/12/05 (The Star) - IT would be a natural progression for the Johor-based J.C. Chang group of companies to upgrade from the manufacture of cooking oil to biodiesel. The group would be commissioning its RM40mil palm biodiesel plant in Pasir Gudang next year.
21-12-2005
Kumpulan Guthrie opens research center in Indonesia to expand
20/19/05 NEW DELHI (Bloomberg) - Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd., a Malaysian plantation company, said it spent 10 million ringgit ($2.6 million) on its first palm fruit research center in Indonesia, as it seeks to expand its operations in the country.
21-12-2005
Profits jump at Guthrie Indon unit
20/12/05 (The Star) - KUMPULAN Guthrie Bhd unit, Plantation Indonesia, is expected to show a major improvement in earnings this year, driven mainly by impressive yields, oil extraction rates (OER) and fresh fruit bunches production (FFB).
21-12-2005
GHope plans 4th biodiesel plant
20/12/05 (The Star) - GOLDEN Hope Plantations Bhd plans to build its fourth, and possibly the largest, biodiesel plant in Sarawak, as it bids to be a leading producer of sustainable energy in the country.
21-12-2005
Guthrie opens Riau RM10m research centre
19/12/05 ( The Edge Daily) - Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd's Minamas Plantation opened its RM10-million research centre in Teluk Siak in Riau, Indonesia on Dec 19 to focus on improving production efficiency.
21-12-2005
American Soybean Association Frustrated That WTO
19/12/05 ( Grainnet,com) St. Louuis, MO--The American Soybean Association (ASA) Dec. 19 expressed frustration that the just-concluded World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Hong Kong did not provide more momentum on the issues of importance to U.S. soybean growers.
21-12-2005
Human activities affecting elephant project
19/12/05 ( Kota Kinabalu: Human activities such as logging and farming have been hindering a six-month study of Sabah's unique Borneo pygmy elephants as the movements of these animals have been affected.
21-12-2005
China's Soybean Imports Take a Hit from Bird Flu
19/12/05 (Asia Pulse) BEIJING - China's soybean import has slowed down somewhat due to the influence of bird flu outbreaks in some areas of the country.