Berita Arkib
23-02-2010
Bidco Uganda May Produce 20,000 Tons of Palm Oil This Year
23/02/2010 (Bloomberg) - Bidco Uganda Ltd., owners of the country’s largest edible-oil refinery, may produce as much as 20,000 metric tons of the product in its first year of operation, Kodey Rao, the managing director said.
23-02-2010
Danish firm secures Asian biofuel deal
23/02/2010 (The Copenhagen Post Online) - Japanese company invests in Danish straw-based biofuel technology for an undisclosed sum.
23-02-2010
Take No Pride in Palm Oil Output, Green Group Says
23/02/2010 (Jakarta Globe) - A leading non-governmental organization has urged Indonesia not to take pride in being the world’s biggest producer of crude palm oil because the production process has yet to meet standards for environmental sustainability.
23-02-2010
Thailand Looks at Nuclear Power as Part of Alternative Energy Plans
23/02/2010 (VOA News) - Like many developing countries, Thailand is looking for ways to ease its reliance on costly imported oil and gas. A new government plan includes nuclear power, bio-fuels and solar energy among potential energy sources for the country.
23-02-2010
Conflicting signals out of Indonesia on whether palm oil plantations will be classified as forests
23/02/2010 (Mongabay.com) - Indonesia will not allow the conversion of natural forest for oil palm plantations, claimed the country's Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan in comments reported by the Jakarta Post.
22-02-2010
Unilever drops major palm-oil producer
22/02/2010 (The Independent) - The household goods giant Unilever has distanced itself from a major palm-oil producer after a BBC documentary filmed its staff clearing protected rainforest to make way for plantations producing the widely-used ingredient. In its second blacklisting of a palm-oil producer in three months, Unilever said it would avoid buying supplies originating from the Indonesian company Duta Palma, ensuring they did not end up in best-selling brands such as Dove soap and Flora margarine.
22-02-2010
Felda tapping biomass waste to the max
22/02/2010 (The Star Online), Trolak - Plantation conglomerate Felda Holdings Bhd is putting in place strategic Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects encompassing 56 biogas plants, six compost plants, one pellet plant and two independent power producer (IPP) plants nationwide.
22-02-2010
Emami foraying into edible oils business
21/02/2010 (Financial Chronicle) - The Rs 2,500-crore diversified Emami Group, which is foraying into the edible oil space, will invest around Rs 500 crore in setting up two edible oil refineries in KrisÂhnapatnam (Andhra PradeÂsh) and Pipavav (Gujarat) as it expects the units to go on stream by 2010-2011, a top official said on Saturday.
22-02-2010
Indonesia aims to be world\'s breadbasket
21/02/2010 (AFP), Jakarta - Following Brazil's trail, Indonesia is encouraging foreign and local investors to lease huge swathes of fertile countryside and help make the country a major food producer.
22-02-2010
Dezaia To Export Palm Oil-based Cosmetics
20/02/2010 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Dezaia Procare Beauty is eyeing overseas markets for its palm oil-based cosmetics produced through a collaboration with the Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
22-02-2010
\"We don\'t destroy forest reserve for palm oil\" -- Tawfiq
20/02/2010 (New Straits Times), Tawau - Malaysia is not destroying its forests to plant oil palm trees, said Sabah Finance Assistant Minister Datuk Tawfiq Abu Bakar Titingan.
22-02-2010
Cooking oil companies on slippery ground
20/02/2010 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - Cooking oil companies that bought expensive mustard seed barely eight weeks ago are now faced with a loss of $100 on each tonne lying uncrushed in their godowns as oilseed prices collapse on the back of a good local harvest and lacklustre oil protein exports. In December and January, companies took delivery of a record 1.73 lakh tonnes seed on commodity exchange Ncdex alone.