Berita Arkib

29/12/2009 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - Policies and incentives are needed for the harnessing of renewable energy from Malaysia’s massive oil palm industry.

28/12/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - India, the world’s second-largest importer of edible oils, is expected to increase its palm oil imports in 2010 due to its growing middle-income population and mounting food inflation concerns.

28/12/2009 (Commodity Online), Kuala Lumpur - India would likely take over China’s position as the world’s largest palm oil importer by late-2010, according to Malaysian Palm Oil Board.

28/12/2009 (Jakarta Globe) - Indonesian delegates on Wednesday night promoted the country’s palm oil industry as sustainable at the UN climate talks, in the wake of a recently-published Greenpeace report accusing Indonesia’s largest palm oil producer of deception and illegal practices.

28/12/2009 (Business Times) - Sabah produces over 30 per cent of the country's palm oil and should be able to generate renewable energy from the crop's waste, but initiatives to move into this direction must be policy driven.

26/12/2009 (Biz Early) - Darob Mistry the director of Godrej International, India’s largest importer of vegetable oils says that outlook for Palm Oil futures in 2010 looks bullish and it may rise by 19% percent during the first quarter end of 2010(March). He further added that the prices may move to $820 to $879 per metric ton.

26/12/2009 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - Policies and incentives are needed for the harnessing of renewable energy from Malaysia’s massive oil palm industry.

25/12/2009 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - Malaysia needs a strong biomass policy to encourage investors to be involved in renewal energy by utilising the country’s oil palm industry.

23/12/2009 (Sustainable Sourcing.com) - Unilever has dumped one of its palm oil suppliers following the publication of a Greenpeace report that cast doubt on the ethical record of Indonesian company PT Smart.

23/12/2009 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's commodity sector remained crucial in 2009 as it provided the much needed boost at a time when the nation is facing an economic stalemate.

23/12/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - Oil palm companies in Peninsular Malaysia may start paying windfall tax again should the price of crude palm oil (CPO) continue to stay above RM2,500 per tonne.

23/12/2009 (The Star Online) - Carbon emission and climate change issues – the thrust of the recently-concluded Copenhagen Summit – are probably the toughest challenges to beset Malaysia’s palm oil sector.