Berita Arkib
29-10-2008
New steps to boost economy
29/10/2008 (The Star Online), Pekan - The government will announce further policy measures to counter the impending global recession and its impact on the Malaysian economy.
28-10-2008
Indonesia to hold talks with Malaysia, Vietnam on commodities
28/10/2008 (Thanhniew News) - Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of palm oil and Asia’s second-largest for coffee, plans to hold more talks with Malaysia and Vietnam in a bid to stem price declines.
28-10-2008
Indonesia\'s Pertamina says plans to lift biodiesel sales
28/10/2008 (Alibaba.com) - Indonesia's state oil firm Pertamina will increase the sale of palm-based biodiesel in a move to cut energy subsidies, a company official said on Monday.
28-10-2008
Ministry visits 16 estates to check on conditions for workers
28/10/2008 (The Star Online), Kuantan - The Plantation, Industries and Commodities MiniÂstry has visited 16 estates owned by 10 companies nationwide in a move to check on compliance with corporate social responsibility (CSR).
28-10-2008
Bangladesh\'s imports of Malaysian palm oil up by 75pc in 8 months
27/10/2008 (The Nation) - Bangladesh imported 149,717 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia during first eight month of this year (Jan to July 2008), rising by 75.1 percent or 64,213 tonnes from 85,504 tonnes during the same period of last year.
28-10-2008
Palm oil small holders in fix over refusal to accept their fruits
25/10/2008 (Daily Express News), Sandakan - Smallholders here are complaining that several millers and fresh fruit bunch (FFB) collecting centres in the district are refusing to accept their FFB and have started restricting their deliveries, said the Democratic Action Party (DAP).
28-10-2008
Declining prices spell gloom
24/10/2008 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Falling oil and commodity prices sound like good news for the consumers but to the Government, it means a shortfall of billions of ringgit in revenue.
28-10-2008
Vanaspati sector opposes move to hike vegoil import duty
24/10/2008 (The Hindu Business Line) - The debate within the country’s oils and fats industry over the desirability of continuing with a zero-duty regime for imported crude oils is heating up with a memorandum from the two New Delhi-based industry associations representing vanaspati (hydrogenated oil) to the Union Food and Agriculture Minister as also the Finance Minister urging not to make any change in the present duty structure.
24-10-2008
Malaysian palm oil mills to drive Ronser’s growth
24/10/2008 (The Star Online), Damansara - Ronser Bio-Tech Sdn Bhd, a newly set up industrial waste treatment company, will focus on palm oil mills in Malaysia to drive growth.
24-10-2008
Palm oil price reduced by Rs. 5
24/10/2008 (The Hindu), Chennai - The retail price of palm oil sold through fair price shops under the special public distribution system has been reduced from Rs. 40 a litre to Rs. 35.
24-10-2008
Private Sector Help Needed To Tackle Declining Commodity Prices
23/10/2008 (Bernama), Putrajaya - The private sector's help is being sought to find solution for the declining commodity prices especially for rubber and crude palm oil.
24-10-2008
Companies Sign Pledge Against Palm Oil\'s Expansion
24/10/2008 (Environmental Protection) Thirty-one food, cosmetic, and consumer goods companies – and one palm oil supplier – have signed a Rainforest Action Network (RAN) pledge to support a moratorium on the expansion of palm oil plantations into tropical forests, according to an Oct. 22 press release.