Berita Arkib

15/05/2008 (Business Day, Nigeria) - Participants at the workshop on development of oil palm industry in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to set up a Trust Fund for Oil Palm Development in the country within the context of private-public partnership.

15/05/2008 (The Earth Times), Los Angeles - The American Palm Oil Council (APOC) today announced that the Malaysian palm oil industry, together with the Malaysian government, has launched the Malaysian Palm Oil Wildlife Conservation Fund (MPOWCF). APOC is a U.S. association representing the Malaysian palm oil industry.

15/05/2008 (Commodity Online), Kuala Lumpur - With oil experts predicting a palm oil boom for the next five to ten years, the major beneficiaries are going to be Malaysia with a record output predicted for 2009 and Indonesia set to attract more investment into palm oil plantations.

15/05/208 (Bernama), Kuala Lumpur - The Ministry of Plantation Industry and Commodities has set up a group fertilizer scheme opened to oil palm smallholders to ease their burden following the increase in the price of fertilizers.

15/05/2008 (The Australian News) - ASIAN commodity and currency markets could be plunged into chaos after Malaysia threatened to abandon standard trading in favour of a barter deal.

15/05/2008 (Greenpeace) - International—Unilever has shown that beauty isn’t just skin deep. Following our campaign and thanks to your support, the company has taken the bold step to support our call for a moratorium on cutting down trees in Indonesia for palm oil plantations.

14/05/2008 (NST Online) - THE government may encourage transport vehicles to switch to bio-diesel should its use become mandatory. Plantation Industry and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said the transportation sector holds the most potential in using bio-diesel as such vehicles consume high amounts of diesel.

15/05/2008 (CommonDreams.org), Minneapolis - Minnesota recently passed legislation to increase the biodiesel content of diesel fuel sold in the state from the current 2 percent to 20 percent, which is the highest in the nation, by 2015.

15/05/2008 (Ozarks First.com) - The price of gas continues to rise. On average in the Ozarks, it's more than $3.50 a gallon for regular unleaded.

14/05/2008 (Kansas.com) - The price of gasoline has gotten so high that people have begun to steal used cooking oil.

14/05/2008 (Reuters) - New Britain Palm Oil doubled quarterly profits and underlined plans to double acreage over the next seven years in anticipation of strong palm oil prices, the Australasia-focused planter said on Wednesday.

14/05/2008 (Cosmetics design-europe.com) - War on Want has warned that UK consumers could be fuelling a campaign to displace indigenous people from their land by consuming Colombian palm oil.