Berita Arkib

01/01/2009 (Houston Chronicle) - AN Air New Zealand jet thundered through the sky on a two-hour flight this week — on a 50-50 blend of ordinary fuel and one made of seeds from the African desert.

01/01/2009 (The Star Online) - THERE seemed to be a decoupling between crude palm oil (CPO) and crude oil prices in recent weeks as the biodiesel hype which started in late 2006 fizzles out with crude oil plunging below US$40 per barrel.

30/12/2008 (The Star Online) - PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is expected to carry more than two million tonnes of palm oil inventory into 2009 as crude palm oil (CPO) production is estimated to remain high in December, say plantation analysts.

29/12/2008 (Business Day Online) - The only solution to the present economic problem in Nigeria is by way of encouraging production. With increased production, prices of goods and services will be brought down, there will be more employment for the people both at the rural and urban centres, industries will operate at near full capacity, and there will be products for export market. What follows is increase in foreign earning capacity and also less dependence on foreign goods. Palm kernel oil production is one of such investments that will definitely boost Nigeria’s production.

29/12/2008 (Business Standard) - Vanaspati manufacturers, apprehensive of a reimposition of duty on crude palm oil (CPO), have asked the government to desist from such a move as it could lead to an increase in the prices of cooking oil.

28/12/2008 (The Hindu), New Delhi - Apprehensive of re-imposition of duty on crude palm oil, vanaspati manufacturers have asked the government to desist from such a move as it could lead to higher prices of cooking oil.

28/12/2008 (NST Online) - OIL palm was introduced in the 1960s to reduce Malaysia's heavy dependency on rubber and tin. Now the country's most important commodity, it accounts for 51 per cent of world production and 62 per cent of our exports.

26/12/2008 (My.Sinchew), Malaysia - Reduced demand coupled with depressed prices are expected to pressure Malaysia\'s major commodities such as crude palm oil (CPO), rubber and tin next year

26/12/2008 (The West Australian) - Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer, will raise the base price for palm oil exports in January to $418 a metric ton and keep the duty at 0 per cent.

25/12/2008(Lusaka Times) - An investor has expressed interest to venture into biodiesel production from palm oil in Luapula Province next year.

25/12/2008 (Business Standard) - Despite the weak global outlook, edible oilseeds and oils prices are likely to appreciate 20 per cent in 2009 on rising palm oil demand from the food sector constituting 15 per cent of global consumption.

24/12/2008 (Commodity Online), New Delhi - The Vanaspati Consultative Committee, an apex body of the Vanaspati industry has urged the Union Government not to increase customs duty on Crude Palm Oil as consumer prices of edible oils continue to be high with prices of major oilseeds ruling above Minimum Support Price (MSP).