Berita Arkib

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 9 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's rich environmental heritage has great economic potential to serve as a renewable resource for the biotechnology industry, said head of the European Union Commission delegation to Malaysia, Thierry Rommel.

JAKARTA, Aug 10 (Bernama) -- Indonesia wants to synergise with Malaysia to develop and market bio energy since both countries account for 90 percent of the world's palm oil output, says Indonesia's minister for state-owned enterprises, Sugiharto.

11/8/06 (The Star) - SERI KEMBANGAN: Malaysia's first shipment of biodiesel will leave for Europe next week, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin.

8/8/06 (The Star) - CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd's (CBIP) wholly-owned subsidiary, Modipalm Engineering Sdn Bhd, has been awarded a contract by CTP Holdings Pte Ltd for the turnkey supply of palm oil mill.

8/8/06 (The Star) - Hexagon Holdings Bhd's whollyowned subsidiary Hexagon Tower Sdn Bhd has secured a contract from PGEO Bioproducts Sdn Bhd for the building and civil work of a fatty acid methyl ester plant in Pasir Gudang, Johor for a contract value of RM2.2mil

8/8/06 (The Star) - DXN Holdings Bhd's whollyowned subsidiary DXN Biotech Consultants Sdn Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Molek Engineering Sdn Bhd to collaborate in contract farming of the Jatropha and Castor seeds.

8/8/2006 (Nutraingredients.com) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) meets this month to discuss the critical issue of moving from a definition of 'sustainable palm oil' to defining its uptake and use in the market.

8/8/06 (Allafrican.com) - Nairobi. Bidco Oil Refineries has asked the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) to persuade Tanzania to drop the 10 per cent import duty on crude palm oil imposed in this year's budget.

8/8/06 (The Edge News) - After taking huge bets on industrial commodities, hedge funds are now angling to reap returns on Malaysia's newly trendy palm oil market.

10/8/06 (The Edge News) - The government has called for oil palm plantation owners to step up their investments given the projected doubling of global demand for vegetable oils to 169 million tonnes annually by 2020.

8/8/06 (Sabah Daily Express) - Kota Kinabalu: Response from investors to start operations at the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) Lahad Datu has been overwhelming but some snags in the sales and purchase provisions are delaying the conclusions of these agreements.

8/8/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Free-trade talks between ASEAN and India are being derailed by "foot-dragging" bureaucrats and New Delhi's refusal to include palm oil and other sensitive goods, an ASEAN official said on Tuesday.