Berita Arkib

20/01/2009 (The Jakarta Post) - Alternative energy technologies are likely to become a mainstream issue this year. The volatility of oil prices and dwindling reserves adds incentive for the development of renewable energy sources. The abatement of Greenhouse Gasses (GHGs) emissions, however, is the most frequently cited argument for the promotion of biofuels.

19/01/2009 (Business Times) - THE Malaysia's government is considering a request by domestic palm oil producers, including Sime Darby Bhd and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, to scrap a windfall tax after the price of the commodity slumped.

18/01/2009 (iStockAnalyst) - MALAYSIA, in efforts to reduce its fertiliser import bill, will barter US$70 million (RM250.6 million) worth of palm oil for fertiliser with North Korea and Russia.

19/01/2009 (Economic Times), New Delhi - India’s 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.

19/01/2007 (Nation Multimedia) - Maximising the potential of its palm-oil processing by-products, Vichitbhan Group, the country's leading palm-oil crushing concern, is investing almost Bt2 billion to set up biogas and biomass energy businesses, as well as a fertiliser plant.

17/01/2009 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities is allowing the importation of fertilizer components into Malaysia for the exchange of crude palm oil (CPO).

18/01/2009 (The Saultstar) - 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.

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.