Berita Arkib

15/12/2008 (The Hindu Business Line), Chennai - Vegetable oil imports increased 30 per cent in November compared with the same period a year ago, as prices in the global market continued to decline. However, a feature of the import scenario was that not a single tonne of either degummed (crude) soyabean oil or refined soyabean oil was imported during the month.

15/12/2008 (Thestar.com) - Kesi's name could not be more fitting. It means "child born in difficult times." Kesi was given the Swahili name at a rescue centre on whose doorstep she arrived at just 3 months old. Her mother had been killed by machetes. Kesi survived the attack but lost her left hand and received a deep wound on her foot.

15/12/2008 (The Zimbabwean) - ZAMPALM, a newly created subsidiary of Zambeef Products, has invested K7.5 billion on its palm oil plantation in Mpika part of its US$41 million total investment earmarked for palm oil production which would include setting up a processing mill.

15/12/2008 (All Africa.com) - The recently announced introduction of excise duty of five per cent on soaps and detergents, in addition to the existing VAT of five per cent would have adverse effect on the industry generally.

15/12/2008 (Daily Express News), Kota Kinabalu: State Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary Datuk Yusoff Kassim hit out at Sri Tanjung Assemblyman Jimmy Wong for claiming that the State Government under Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman has not done anything to address problems affecting oil palm smallholders in the State.

15/12/2008 (The Witness) - OIL leaking from the Capital Soaps factory in Willowton reached the waters of the Baynespruit yesterday.

15/12/2008 (Mysinchew.com), Kota Kinabalu - Oil palm mills operating at an oil extraction rate of 18% and below need to improve their performance through stringent fresh fruit bunches grading and adopting new technology.

15/12/2008 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil futures in Kuala Lumpur climbed after crude oil increased, raising the prospects for biofuels made from vegetable oils.

15/12/2008 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian palm oil producer Kuala Lumpur Kepong (KLK) is looking for opportunities to buy cheap plantations in the region as crude palm oil prices tumbled nearly two-thirds from a March peak on demand worries, a local newspaper reported on Monday.

15/12/2008 (Balita-dot-ph) — Barangay Libuac officials headed by Barangay Captain Cesar Fuentes, Sr. and Rosario Municipal Health Office, headed by Dr. Rebecca Aquino, cleared Filipinas Palm Oil Plantations Inc. of any wrongdoings particularly on charges of pollution raised by NGEI Multi-Purpose Cooperative Inc.

14/12/2008 (The Star Online) - STEADIER prices of palm oil by-products have helped soften the blow suffered by plantation companies following the sharp fall in crude palm oil (CPO) prices, especially those with downstream operations, analysts said.

10/12/2008 (AHN) - The Malaysian government said gas pumps in that country will be selling diesel fuel made from palm oil by 2010.