Berita Arkib

17/09/2008 (Awoko) - The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Crime Services Francis Munu has disclosed to Journalists during a press briefing at Police Headquarters that on Monday they intercepted two 20ft containers of Palm Oil at the Water quay.

17/09/2008 (Reuters) - Pakistan, the world's fourth largest importer of vegetable oils, has yet to cover its palm oil needs for the October-December period, due to recent global commodity market volatility, leading Pakistani traders said.

17/09/2008 (Mongabay) - Indonesia's Commission for Child Protection has accused Malaysia's oil palm planters of enslaving migrant workers and their children at plantations in the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo, reports The Jakarta Post.

17/09/2008 (Borneo Post Online), 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.

17/09/2008 (The Financial Express) - Indian traders are not likely to default again on palm oil imports, despite falling prices as buyers face strong demand ahead of festivals and have renegotiated deals, a senior trade official said on Tuesday. Palm oil has plummeted by a third so far in 2008, outstripping a 23%-slump in Dalian soyoil and a drop of 8% in US soybean oil, triggering defaults by palm oil byers in India and China, the world’s biggest vegetable oil importers. More or less, people have renegotiated the contracts. Had it not been the case, imports would have reduced in August, which is not the case, said BV Mehta, executive director of the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India.

17/09/2008 (The Star Online), London - Malaysia and Indonesia have jointly urged the European Union (EU) to review its decision on renewable energy and fuel quality, particularly on the use of palm oil for the production of biofuel.

16/09/2008 (Reuters), Bangkok - Crude palm oil stocks in Thailand have more than doubled since January as falling world prices have slowed exports, and palm fruit farmers have appealed to the government to support prices, traders said on Tuesday.

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.

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 (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 (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.

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.