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18-08-2005
500,000 tonnes of palm oil needed yearly for propo
12/08/05 (Bernama) - A TOTAL of 500,000 tonnes of palm oil will be neededeach year to respond to the Government’s call to produce and use palmoil-based biofuel, Malaysia Palm Oil Association (MPOA) said.
18-08-2005
Aim to produce 6mil tonnes palm oil by 2010
15/08/05 Sandakan (Daily Express News) - Sabah, Malaysia's biggest palmoil producer, aims to produce six million tonnes of palm oil in 2010, saidState Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail.
18-08-2005
Court action planned against Malaysian plantation
15/08/2005 (Sunday Business Post - Authorities in central Malaysia plan totake legal action against oil palm plantation owners who burnedagricultural waste, defying a ban that was installed to ease the chokingsmog caused by fires in Indonesia.
18-08-2005
Environmental Group Slams Indonesian Plan for Huge
15/08/2005JAKARTA (Associated Press) - Indonesia's proposal to build theworld's largest palm oil plantation along its border with Malaysia wouldhave a devastating impact on forests, wildlife and the local population,an environmental group warned Monday.
18-08-2005
Fires in Indonesia Cause Ecological Crisi
13/08/05 KULIM, Indonesia - Palm oil farmers have used fire to clear theirland of tall grass, shrubs and trees for years, without any idea that thenoxious fumes caused problems in neighboring Malaysia or anywhere else.
18-08-2005
INDONESIA TO START COMMERCIAL OUTPUT OF BIODIESEL
12/08/05 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The Oil Palm Research Center (PPKS) inMedan will start commercial production of biodiesel oil with a dailyoutput of 20 tons.
18-08-2005
Malaysia Gears Towards Self-Sufficiency In Paper P
16/08/05 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- Malaysia is gearing towardsself-sufficiency in paper products with the anticipation of more pulp andpaper mills coming on stream in the future.
18-08-2005
Malaysia Guthrie Denies Starting Fires On Indonesi
16/08/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd. Tuesday deniednewspaper reports alleging two of its units were among Malaysian companiesthat started massive fires last week in Indonesia to clear land forplantations.
18-08-2005
Malaysian investors to cultivate oil palms in Kigo
17/08/05 (Financial Times ) - Discussions between the TanzaniaInvestment Centre (TIC) and a group of Malaysian investors are at anadvanced stage for the latter to start commercial farming of palm oil inKigoma, the Financial Times has learnt.
18-08-2005
Palm oil imports to increase by 35% during Sept-De
16/08/05 KARACHI (Daily Times) - Palm oil import is expected to increaseby 30 percent to 40 percent amid high domestic demand and a bearish worldoil price outlook, importers and dealers said on Tuesday.
18-08-2005
Researchers extract palm oil's secrets`
August 17, 2005 (Cape Argus) - The healthy or not oil debate has taken anew turn - local research has turned up a tropical oil that appears to notonly protect against the consequences of a heart attack, but is also anatural source of vitamin A.
18-08-2005
World's Largest Palm Oil Plantation Could Spell Di
12/08/05 WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (U.S. Newswire) -- Plans to create theworld's largest palm oil plantation along Indonesia's mountainous borderwith Malaysia could have a devastating impact on the forests, wildlife andindigenous people of Borneo, warns World Wildlife Fund.