Berita Arkib

01/12/2008 (The Malaysian Insider), Kuala Lumpur - In the past few years, palm oil has proved to be a growing source of biodiesel, thanks to some pioneering efforts by Malaysian and Indonesian entrepreneurs who had the backing of their governments.

01/12/2008 (Bloomberg) - Indonesia’s inflation rate probably fell to a five-month low in November as fuel and food prices declined, the Central Statistics Bureau may say today.

30/11/2008 (Minneapolis Star Tribune) - Ezekiel Asimba's 25-acre farm lies deep within a tropical rainforest, within view of an active volcano, but the palm oil that he and other growers produce will leave this remote island on cargo ships owned by Minnetonka-based Cargill Inc., destined for grocery store shelves around the world.

29/11/2008 (Minneapolis Star Tribune) - With environmental groups mounting a worldwide campaign against the expansion of oil palm plantations, Cargill is relying on Conservation International (CI), a Washington, D.C.,- based environmental group, as its ecological guide in Papua New Guinea. Two issues stand out: water contamination and protection of the world's largest butterfly, the endangered Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, a biological wonder boasting a one-foot wingspan that lives near Cargill's Oro Province plantation.

29/11/2008 (The Hindu), New Delhi - After remaining in the negative zone for a long spell, edible oils rebounded to close higher up to Rs 800 per quintal during the week under review here after government imposed 20 per cent import duty on crude soybean oil and allowed exports of edible oils.

29/11/2008 (NST Online) - THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has the right to penalise processing factories which refused to accept oil palm fruit from suppliers.

28/11/2008 (Graphic Online) - Early last month, three accidental poisoning cases occurred in various homes but all ended up at the Paediatric Emergency Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).

27/11/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - The burning of palm oil to generate electricity is not plausible at this point in time, said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.

27/11/2008 (The Edge Daily), Kuala Lumpur - The proposal of oil palm planters for the government to burn excess palm oil to generate electricity, after initial measures failed to halt the price slump, is unlikely to be implemented, said OSK Research.

26/11/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - Indonesia will likely export 13 million tons of crude palm oil (CPO) this year, 1 million tons short of an earlier target, as the global economic downturn has reduced demand.

25/11/2008 (Infoshop News), Bali/Jakarta — Greenpeace today condemned the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), for failing to take action against member companies who continue to destroy Indonesia’s peatlands and forests at the conclusion of its 6th annual meeting in Bali.

25/11/2008 (Reuters), Jakarta - Indonesia's largest listed palm oil firm, PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk, expects its palm oil output to remain flat in 2009 as plantations hit maximum capacity, Vice President Director Tonny Hermawan said on Tuesday.