Berita Arkib
18-02-2008
Thailand worries over food shortages amid palm oil debate
14/02/2008 (Forbes), Bangkok - Thailand has started requiring that all its diesel fuel include a component made from palm oil, a move that could reduce costly energy imports but is driving up prices for the commodity, experts say.
18-02-2008
Edible oil prices shot up by Tk 10 a litre
18/02/2008 (The Daily Star) - Prices of edible oil at both retail and wholesale levels registered a fresh hike of Tk 7 to Tk 10 in the last couple of days -- apparently due to price manipulation by a section of unscrupulous traders, said market operators.
18-02-2008
The difference between ethanol and biodiesel
16/02/2008 (Sedona.biz) - An expert on biodiesel set me straight recently about the vast differences between ethanol and biodiesel. Jerry Robock of Community Fuels runs the Hudson Valley Biodiesel Cooperative in Cottekill, N.Y., and responded to my column on biofuels.
13-02-2008
Malaysia\'s palm oil export value surges by 45.5% in 2007
12/02/2008 (Xinhua), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's export value of palm oil recorded 37.54 billion ringgit (11.37 billion U.S. dollars in 2007, up 45.5 percent compared with the previous year.
13-02-2008
Malaysia reviews proposed biofuel policy amid rising palm oil prices
12/02/2008 (International Herald Tribune, France), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia is reviewing plans for mandatory blending of palm oil and diesel for biofuel after prices of the commodity more than doubled in two years, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday.
13-02-2008
Malaysia\'s exports grow 2.7 pct in 2007, expects upward trend to continue
12/02/2008 (Forbes), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia said on Tuesday it expects exports to continue to trend upward this year after growing by 2.7 percent in 2007, helped by strong demand in Asia.
13-02-2008
Edible oil gains as demand rise
13/02/2008 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - The heated food versus fuel debate may soon see end of Round One. Right now, soya oil and palm oil are both firmly food. Whether a crop is used for filling stomachs or fuel tanks depends on who is able to pay more. From the look of things, when it comes to fats, people are winning over cars.
13-02-2008
BlueScope invests $113m to lift output
13/02/2008 (The Jakarta Post), Jakarta - Australian steel producer PT BlueScope Steel Indonesia is investing $113 million to expand its plant in response to rising local demand for steel.
12-02-2008
Palm oil record in sight
12/02/2008 (The News - International, Pakistan), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian crude palm oil futures edged up 0.8 per cent on Monday, recovering from sharp declines earlier as investors covered shorts after rival soyoil markets swung into positive territory in Asian trade.
12-02-2008
Indonesians being tricked out of rainforest land
11/02/2008 (The Telegraph, UK) - Native peoples who depend on the rainforest for survival are being tricked out of their land by corrupt officials so they can grow lucrative biofuel crops, according to environmental groups.
12-02-2008
Biofuel demand leading to human rights abuses, report claims
11/02/2008 (Guardian Unlimited, UK) - EU politicians should reject targets for expanding the use of biofuels because the demand for palm oil is leading to human rights abuses in Indonesia, a coalition of international environmental groups claimed today.
12-02-2008
Biofuels Harming Indonesia\'s People, Contributing To Environmental Damage
11/02/2008 (AHN), London - Biofuels were once viewed as the renewable solution to satisfying the seemingly unlimited, growing global appetite for fuel. But a new report on biofuels by Friends of the Earth Sawit Watch and LifeMosaic points out some of the global downsides of biofuels in detailing how it is hurting Indonesia's communities and people.