Berita Arkib
18-09-2008
Palm Oil For Food And Energy Threatens More Rainforests
15/09/2008 (FuturePundit) - Biomass energy with conventional tropical crops is a bad idea because rainforests get destroyed to make room for more palm plantations resulting in habitat loss.
18-09-2008
World Sustainable Palm Oil Conference An Opportunity For Malaysia To Clear Misconception On Palm Oil
16/09/2008 (Bernama), London - The World Sustainable Palm Oil Conference staged here on Sept 15, provided a window of opportunity for both Malaysia and Indonesia to clear misconceptions on the development of the palm oil industry, said the Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui.
16-09-2008
Palm oil boost to Tabung Haji’s profits
16/09/2008 (The Star Online), Tanah Merah - The Tabung Haji Board is consolidating its investments in Indonesia while also trying to recover losses in the Philippines as part of its effort to expand its profit-margin.
16-09-2008
Veg oil imports turn cheaper as prices fall
16/09/2008 (The Hindu Business Line), Chennai - Vegetable oil imports into the country are turning cheaper as prices in the global market have declined by 31 per cent to 41 per cent since June 15. This has resulted in shipments in to the country rising 21 per cent in August after having declined in July compared with the same period a year ago.
16-09-2008
Oil palm plantations are no substitute for tropical rainforests, a new study shows
15/09/2008 (Eurek Alert) - The continued expansion of oil palm plantations will worsen the dual environmental crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, unless rainforests are better protected, warn scientists in the most comprehensive review of the subject to date.
16-09-2008
Palm Oil: The most favoured edible oil in India
15/09/2008 (Commodity Online), Mumbai - Palm oil is the most favoured edible oil India imports, according to a new statistics released by the Solvent Extractors Association.
16-09-2008
Malaysia & Indonesia Stress On Measures To Ensure Sustainability Of Palm Oil
15/09/2008 (Bernama), London - Malaysia and Indonesia have spelt out the efforts undertaken by both countries to ensure the sustainable production and supply of palm oil.
16-09-2008
Malaysia Committed To Ensure Palm Oil Supply For Food Sector, Says Chin
15/09/2008 (Bernama), London - Malaysia will continue giving priority to the food sector while complementing the supply of raw materials for biofuel, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said Monday.
15-09-2008
Malaysia Wants EU To Review Directives On Biofuel, Says Chin
15/09/2008 (Bernama), Brussels -- Malaysia wants the European Union (EU) to review its decision on renewable energy and fuel quality, especially on the use of palm oil for the production of biofuel, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said.
15-09-2008
Decline in palm oil price hits importers
15/09/2008 (The Post), Delhi - Palm oil importers in India seem to be having a tough time. A sharp fall in the prices of palm oil in the international markets have forced many importers to either refrain from taking delivery or defer the delivery of contracted palm oil for a couple of months.
15-09-2008
Bracing for softening of crude palm oil price
14/09/2008 (Borneo Post Online) - IT is hardly surprising that the price of crude palm oil (CPO) price is expected to remain “soft†at US$700 or less per tonne within the next six months to Feb 2009.
15-09-2008
Group condemns palm oil importation
14/09/2008 (Sunday Tribune) - The Coalition Against Import Duty Fraud (CAIDF) has condemned the efforts of some influential personalties to frustrate the attempts of the federal government of Nigeria to protect palm oil producers in the country.