Berita Arkib

28/12/2010 (Bernama) - Sime Darby Plantation Sdb Bhd will construct and operate a bioethanol demonstration plant in collaboration with Mitsui engineering and Shipbuilding Co Ltd.

24/12/2010 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The current buoyancy in crude palm oil (CPO) prices could possibly see the commodity scaling higher than this year's high of RM3,766 per tonne by the end of next week.

23/12/2010 (Palm Oil Prices.net), Kota Kinabalu - The Sabah government’s POIC (Palm Oil Industry Cluster) project in Lahad Datu in the east coast of the state has come under blistering attack from an NGO for what it terms as ‘a blatant disregard’ for the environment and the eco-system in the area.

23/12/2010 (PTI) - Crude palm oil futures prices moved up by Rs 4.60 to Rs 540 per 10 kg today, as speculators enlarged their positions on rising demand at the spot market.

22/12/2010 (The Palm Oil Blogspot) - WHILE planters and palm oil millers are often seen as key players in the production of crude palm oil (CPO), licensed dealers of oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) are in fact the unsung heroes in the entire palm oil supply chain.

20/12/2010 (Azo Cleantech) - Approval has been granted by Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission. But there has been a lot of opposition from radical environmental groups who have tried to prevent the development citing the impact palm oil production would have on rainforests as the reason.

20/12/2010 (Azo Cleantech) - This was mentioned by Ricardo Castello Branco, the company’s Director. According to him, the factory would be established in one of the Galp Energia refineries in Portugal and the project details are to be evaluated. He further mentioned that the project would be constructed and be ready for operation by the time the palm oil that has already been planted would be available.

20/12/2010 (Survival International) - The hunter-gatherer Penan and other tribes are under threat from new plans to expand palm oil plantations massively in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

15/12/2010 (Commodity Online), Buenos Aires - World’s leading soybean producer Argentina’s crop prospects are deteriorating at a rapid pace due to continuing dry weather, according to Oil World analysts.

15/12/2010 (New Straits Times) - At a recent forum organised by the Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (PORAM), it was revealed that there was no moral case for Western Environmental NGO (WENGO) campaigns against palm oil. Data indicates that the agricultural land occupied by the world palm oil industry is miniscule (1.56 per cent) compared with the total land allocated to growing grains and oilseeds.

15/12/2010 (The Star Online) - VARIOUS activities has been implemented by the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry aiming to develop sustainable palm oil clusters (SPOC) in the country in collaboration with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).

14/12/2010 (Money Show) - A London-listed operator of plantations in Papua New Guinea looks cheap given the soaring prices of its main product, writes Peter Shearlock in The IRS Report.