Archived News

3/7/06 (daily Express News) - THE Rural Development Ministry has been directed to explain the present status of the oil palm plantation earmarked for the hardcore poor eradication programme (PPRT) project to assist local villagers in Tongod near Sandakan six years ago.

7/8/06 (The Edge Daily) - An international conference on biodiesel will take place in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 22-23, which will be participated by leading international biodiesel experts.

2/8/06 Tokyo, JCN) - Chubu Electric Power has announced plans to build two biomass power plants in the eastern province of Sabah, Malaysia.

4/8/07 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Indonesia has earmarked 6 million hectares for development of its biofuel industry, part of plans to reduce its dependence on crude oil and susceptibility to price fluctuations, its energy minister said Friday.

3/8/06 KARACHI (Business Rocorder): Palm oil supply to upcountry refineries has halted completely for the last 5/6 days and the edible oil producers of the country are in a fix as two big contractors associations which supply imported palm oil from Karachi port to upcountry destinations are locked horns with each other, sources told Business Recorder on Wednesday.

2/8/06 (Friend of The Earth) - The supermarket chain Morrisons today (Wednesday 2 August) announced it will join international efforts to tackle the problems caused by palm oil, following a campaign to highlight the threat to orang-utans posed by the crop.

1/8/06 (The Star) - MIRI: Eco-friendly mats developed from discarded oil palm bunches will be used at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

31/7/06 (The Star) - PPB Oil Palms Bhd plans to venture into downstream biodiesel production in Indonesia to cater to its extensive oil palm plantation operations in that country.

BEIJING, July 28 (Bernama) -- The first Malaysia-China palm oil trade fair and seminar ended on a bullish note here Friday with traders from both sides welcoming the networking opportunity and getting the latest developments from Malaysia, the world's largest producer of the commodity.

31/7/06 (The Hindu) - The Union Government on Monday hiked the tariff value of palm group of oils sharply by $15-21 a tonne. The value for soyabean oil was also raised by $4 a tonne.

31/7/06 (The Edge News) - Kota Kinabalu: Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) urged the relevant authorities to explain the status of the oil palm planted on 17,000 acres earmarked for the hardcore poor eradication programme (PPRT) in 2000 at Tongod, near Sandakan.

31/7/06 (Reuters) - SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian countries are racing ahead with plans to put a lid on oil demand by boosting domestic biofuels, a sign that record prices are spurring the substitution that Opec producers fear will lead to oversupply.