Berita Arkib

17/01/2009 (The Star Online) - FOLLOWING the surge in the crude oil market and the subsequent rise in biofuel production, palm oil prices have been coupled with fuel prices. But there is another dimension to the oil palm industry’s energy potential – the use of biomass to generate electricity.

16/01/2009 (Bernama), Lahad Datu - The Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Lahad Datu set up about two years ago by the Sabah state government is intended to lead industrial development in the state.

15/01/2009 (The Star Online), Muar - An oil palm fruit weighing centre here has been receiving more than 22,000 tonnes of seeds every month since it was set up in March last year.

14/01/2009 (The Star Online), Petaling Jaya - The price of crude palm oil (CPO) fell below RM1,900 per tonne yesterday, tracking the sharp downturn in the price of soybean oil overnight on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) as well as lower crude oil prices.

14/01/2009 (The Star Online), Bangi - Existing biofuel manufacturing licence holders have been given until end-April to reapply for a new operating licence from the Primary Industries and Commodities Ministry, said minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.

14/01/2009 (Xinhua), Jakarta - Indonesia's consumer confidence index fell by 5.7 points to 90.06 in December, a survey of the central bank said at its website Wednesday.

14/01/2009 (Indopia.in), New Delhi - India&aposs edible oil import more than doubled in December 2008 over the year-ago period, as traders are buying on a large scale on apprehension that the government may impose import duty on crude palm oil.

13/01/2009 (North Country Times), Tanjung Puting National Park - Hoping to unravel the mysteries of human origin, anthropologist Louis Leakey sent three young women to Africa and Asia to study our closest relatives: It was chimpanzees for Jane Goodall, mountain gorillas for Dian Fossey and the elusive, solitary orangutans for Birute Mary Galdikas.

13/01/2009 (Bernama), Bangi - Malaysia suffered a loss of RM325 million last year due to improper practices during the transportation of palm oil, said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.

13/01/2009 (Reuters), Jakarta - Indonesia will cut by a huge 60 percent the cash it gives poor families this year as aid to buy cooking oil, because of a fall in palm oil prices, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said on Tuesday.

13/01/2008 (The Malaysian Insider), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's oil palm inventory eased to 1.995 million tonnes in December last year due to a combination of record exports and the low production season.

13/01/2009 (Business Times) - PALM oil futures in Kuala Lumpur, the global benchmark, dropped the most in more than two months amid concern sales from Malaysia may slow after reaching a record in December.