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Budget 2025 adjustments in export tax seen helping palm oil refining industry be more competitive
CPO FUTURES HIT TWO-YEAR HIGH ON BULLISH SENTIMENT, STRONG EXPORTS
CPO price strength could dissipate through end-2024, says BMI
CPO price forecast to climb for rest of the year
Carotech's RM100m plant
12/2/06 (The Edge Daily) - Carotech Bhd is stepping up its biodiesel production with a RM100 million investment in a new plant in Lumut, Perak to boost its earnings.
New Sabah port to start ops in 2007
KOTA KINABALU (The Star) - The new dedicated container port of Sabah Port Sdn Bhd (SPSB) currently being built in Sapanggar Bay will be operational by early 2007.
Malaysian Palm Oil Firm Buys Oleochemical Joint Venture Stake from Akzo Nobel
10/2/06 Business Times (Malaysia) - Lam Soon Bhd, via its subsidiary Lam Soon Plantations Sdn Bhd, has acquired the remaining 65 per cent stake in its two joint ventures with Dutch multinational Akzo Nobel in Pasir Gudang, Johor, for Euro24 million (RM107 million).
Philippine Coconut Oil Production to Decline in 2006
13/2/06 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - Coconut oil production is expected to decline by 4 percent this year due to the lingering effects of the mild drought last year.
Tradewinds set to join the big league
13/2/06 (The Star) - Dr Radzuan says as plantation companies push for downstream activities, they tend to compromise on the level of efficiency in the upstream sector.
Kulim remains focused on oil palm
10/2/06 (The Star) - JOHOR BARU: Despite the latest venture into biodiesel production, Kulim (M) Bhd will remain focused on its traditional core business in oil palm plantation.
Outrage over Indonesian plans for palm oil plantation in rain forest
7/2/06 JAKARTA (AFP) - Activists and economists are outraged at Indonesian plans to cut a swathe through one of the world's largest remaining areas of pristine rain forest to create a massive Chinese-funded palm oil plantation.
Kulim To Boost Region's Biodiesel Output With Peter Cremer
9/2/06 JOHOR BAHARU (Bernama) -- Diversified palm oil group Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd is set to boost the region's biodiesel production capacity through its partnership with German company Peter Cremer (Singapore) GmbH.
Malaysia firm plans Singapore's first biofuel plant
9/2/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd said on Thursday it has teamed up with a German firm to set up two biofuel plants in Malaysia and Singapore to produce "green" fuel mainly for the European market.
