Berita Arkib

9/3/06 KARACHI (Bernama) -- Pakistan businessmen are not satisfied with the level of trade and investment with Malaysia as there are lots of potential for growth, a top trade official said.

6/3/06 KANOWIT(The Star) - Putaran Bijak Sdn Bhd, based in Ipoh, is to invest about RM60mil in developing about 7,000ha of Native Customary Right (NCR) land here for an oil palm plantation.

7/3/06 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Booming production of biodiesel in the European Union has sharply raised demand for vegetable oils, turning the bloc into a net importer of rapeseed oil and soyoil, Hamburg-based industry publication Oil World said on Tuesday.

7/3/06 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Increasing global demand for soyoil boosted combined exports by the world's biggest producers to a record high in September/January 2005/06, Hamburg-based industry publication Oil World said.

4/3/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council (MPOPC) will go for aggressive promotion, backed by scientific findings to enhance the credibility of the golden crop in the world market.

1/3/06 PEKANBARU, Indonesia (AFP) - Margarine, lipstick, ice cream, shampoo, chocolate -- all use palm oil as a crucial ingredient but with booming demand, the plantations are swallowing up forests, a conference here heard.

1/3/06 (The Edge Daily) - TSH Resources Bhd is acquiring a 100% shareholding in an Indonesian oil palm plantation company PT Teguh Swakarsa Sejahtera, which owns 17,000 ha of land in East Kalimantan, for one billion rupiah (RM402,000) cash.

3/3/06 (The Malay Mail) - THE public was told by Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) that excessive ammonia was the reason for their smelly tap water. And that it was nothing to worry about.

1/3/06(USDA/FAS GAIN Report ) - Despite a lower per hectare rapeseed harvest this year, the EU sees a record harvest crop in 2005. This is caused by an increased area planted with rapeseed, a trend that seems to continue also in 2006.

28/2/06 JAKARTA (Asia Pulse) - The association of palm oil companies (Gapki) predicted the prices of crude palm oil (CPO) will hover around US$450 per ton this year.

26/2/06 (RedNova) - PALM oil traders are optimistic of the commodity's performance this year, putting the average price of crude palm oil (CPO) at RM1,500 a tonne against last year's RM1,394.

1/3/06 CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A small North Carolina-based specialty crops company is trying to turn a humble wildflower into a major new oilseed crop that could produce an alternative to coconut and palm oils.