Berita Arkib

13/05/2011 (Bernama) - Sarawak Oil Palms Bhd's pre-tax profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, rose to RM81.7 million, from RM35.3 million, registered in the same quarter last year.

13/05/2011 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices rose for the fourth consecutive day by adding another Rs 2.30 to Rs 518 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators enlarged their positions, driven by a firming trend overseas and firm domestic demand.

13/05/2011 (Business Standard) - Select edible oils strengthened by Rs 20 per quintal in the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today on increased buying by vanaspati millers amid a firming trend in Malaysia.

13/05/2011 (cnet News) - Biomass used to make biofuels must be carefully sourced, or the biofuels they produce may be no greener than conventional jet fuel.

13/05/2011 (Biofuels Digest) - An interview with James Garton, president of Mission Biofuels USA subsidiary. We look at the jatropha 1.0 catastrophe, actual biodiesel capacity in the US, palm biodiesel, the RFS, and more.

13/05/2011 (Allafrica.com) - Calabar — The people living along Bogobiri Street, a popular Hausa/Fulani neighbourhood in the Calabar South Local Government council, will soon be displaced by palm oil.

13/05/2011 (foodanddrinkeurope.com) - A new deal is set to result in a huge injection of palm oil from certified sustainable sources into Europe and could spell the death knell for green certificates, said New Britain Palm Oil Limited.

13/05/2011 (Business Daily Africa) - Cooking oil manufacturers are racing to avert an impending shortage in the region following the hijacking by pirates of a ship carrying palm oil – a key ingredient used in manufacture of the product.

13/05/2011 (The Borneo Post) - JT Oil Palm (JTOP) Development Sdn Bhd signed a biogas Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project agreement with GenPower Carbon Solutions LP (GPCS) yesterday to create sustainable development.

13/05/2011 (Bernama) - The European Palm Oil Council (EPOC) is expected to be operational by year-end, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.

12/05/2011 (Daily Express) - The crude palm oil (CPO) price is expected to trade above RM3,000 per tonne in the second half of this year despite falling commodity prices following a slowdown in global economic growth.

12/05/2011 (Deccan Chronicle) - An increasing number of farmers in Kerala are shunning traditional paddy cultivation and are instead taking to oil palm cultivation as it is more profitable, thanks to the subsidies given to them and the prevailing high prices in the market.