Berita Arkib

07/10/2011 (Reuters AlertNet) - Leading green group Friends of the Earth has dismissed Britain's first commercial flight run on biofuel as a "hollow PR stunt that paves the way for rainforest destruction".

07/10/2011 (Jakarta Post) - In line with their fast-growing economies, two of Asia’s rising economic powerhouses, India and Indonesia, expect to enhance their economic cooperation to meet a trade target of US$25 billion by 2015.

6/10/2011 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil stockpiles in Malaysia, the second-largest grower, probably advanced to 2 million metric tons for the second time this year in September as harvests rebounded and exports dropped, showed a Bloomberg News survey.

06/10/2011 (The Star) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) will not quit the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) grouping but it is advising its members to stop seeking new RSPO certification for the production of certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO).

06/10/2011 (MoneyControl.com) - Crude palm oil prices rose by Rs 1.50 to Rs 466 per 10 kg in futures trading today due to pick-up in the spot market demand.

06/10/2011 (Pakistan Times) - Following fall in international market palm oil prices, although the ghee and cooking oil prices in the local markets are seen coming down, however, the branded ghee and cooking oil companies are not letting the windfall profit to trickle down to the public.

06/10/2011 (Agrimoney.com) - REA Holdings, which may next month reveal longstanding plans for emigrating from the UK, stoked ideas that a dry spell may take a toll on palm oil production next year.

06/10/2011 (Agrimoney.com) - A knock-on impact of export duty plans, besides bumper crops, are behind the former Soviet Union's depressing effect on world vegetable oil prices, SovEcon said, as Ukraine prepared to discuss extending the levies.

06/10/2011 (Borneo Post) - There is so much of untapped potential lying in Sarawak’s oil palm industry and as far as industry experts are concerned, with the right steps taken ahead, the state has the capability to exceed the targeted 23 per cent oil extraction rate (OER) by 2020.

06/10/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Brazil, the largest economy in South America, expects to expand its cooperation with Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, as there is still enormous room for growth in many areas, including agriculture and high-technology industry, a high-level official says.

06/10/2011 (Reuters) - European bioethanol producers have broken ranks and urged EU policymakers to introduce rules on the indirect climate impacts of biofuels that distinguish between "good and bad biofuel pathways," Reuters has learned.

06/10/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Astra International, the largest automotive retailer in Indonesia, plans to spend $1.5 billion next year on expansion, including an aggressive push into infrastructure, a company executive said on Wednesday.