Archived News
24-06-2003
Counter-trade for dam project still on
Tuesday, June 24 2003 - THE Government denied yesterday rumours that aplan to partly pay for the construction of the Bakun Dam project in palmoil had been scrapped.
24-06-2003
Guthrie may list Indon subsidiary earlier than 200
Tuesday, June 24 2003 - DIVERSIFIED Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd may list PTMinamas Plantations on the Jakarta Stock Exchange sooner than 2005 tocapitalise on the Indonesian subsidiary’s good performance.
24-06-2003
Guthrie taking steps to meet European standard
Tuesday, June 24 2003 - KUMPULAN Guthrie Bhd has initiated measures tomake its palm oil-based byproducts acceptable in European hypermarkets.
24-06-2003
Kulim goes downstream
Tuesday, June 24 2003 - KULIM (M) Bhd, fresh from acquiring twosubsidiaries of its parent company Johor Corp, aims to stamp its mark inthe lucrative oleochemical industry by going further downstream.
24-06-2003
Nation can be net pulp and paper exporter
Tuesday, June 24 2003 - MALAYSIA, which imports RM2.9 billion a year ofpulp and paper, has the potential to become a net exporter by 2008.
24-06-2003
Palm oil-for-rail deal with China still on track
Tuesday, June 24 2003 - CHINA Railway Engineering Corp (CREC) is stillinterested in getting paid in palm oil for double-tracking works on thesouthern railway grid, and has not pulled out of the billion-ringgit deal.
24-06-2003
Support for use of euro in trade
June 23, 2003 - MANUFACTURERS and exporters should be prepared to acceptpayments in euro, although economists say a widespread switch from the USdollar to euro for trade settlements remains far in the horizon.
20-06-2003
‘Use new clones to boost CPO output’
17/6/2003 - THE Government wants local palm oil producers to double theirper hectare crude palm oil (CPO) yield by 2020 to keep up with competitionfrom other edible oils.
18-06-2003
India's state trading company to import vanaspati
New Delhi, June 12 (Dow Jones) - The Indian government has allowedstate-owned trading house State Trading Corporation to import vanaspatioil from Nepal at zero duty, according to announcement released Thursdayby the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
18-06-2003
Cauvery Oil Palm unit to go on stream in July
CHENNAI, June 8. THE Chennai-based Shriram Group has taken a significantstake in Cauvery Oil Palm Ltd, which plans to commence operating its oilpalm unit in the first week of July, according to reliable sources.
17-06-2003
'Duty difference on CPO and palm oil to create mon
ISLAMABAD (June 15 2003) : Pakistan Vanasapati Manufacturers Association(PVMA) on Saturday termed difference in duty on crude palm oil (CPO) andpalm oil as a major step towards creating monopoly of one industry, which,it cautioned, would encourage direct filling of hard oil to market lowquality ghee.
17-06-2003
‘Use new clones to boost CPO output’
Tuesday, June 17 2003 - THE Government wants local palm oil producersto double their per hectare crude palm oil (CPO) yield by 2020 to keep upwith competition from other edible oils.