Berita Arkib

8/11/06 (The Star) - KOTA KINABALU: The newly launched Lahad Datu Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) is expected to draw over RM1bil in investments in the next two years.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 (Bernama) -- Conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd which is on the road of expansion, plans to increase its landbank for oil palm plantation by 2008, taking into view the continuous rise in crude oil price.

6/11/06 (The Edge Daily) - Plantation companies looking to tap into the biodiesel demand in the European Union (EU) could face a setback if the EU parliament's industry committee's call for a ban on palm oil-based biodiesel is passed.

9/11/06 (SeedQuest) - Myanmar's edible oil crop sector will be developed over the next three years with technical assistance from FAO, supported by a loan of US$12.3 million from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID).

SINGAPORE, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Singapore-listed palm oil refiner Wilmar International Holdings said it has already sold half of its planned biodiesel production at firm prices from its three plants in Indonesia due to start operating next year.

8/11/06 (The Edge News) - Sugar Bun Corporation Bhd's wholly owned sub-subsidiary Borneo Energy Sdn Bhd will receive US$9 million (RM33.21 million) in service fee per annum from Thailand's biodiesel producer Suntech Palm Oil Co Ltd, for the provision of management and technical services.

9/11/06 (The Economic Times) - NEW DELHI: The government has managed to convince Sri Lanka to limit exports of vanaspati oil to India at 2.50 lakh tonnes per annum, a move that is expected to limit the damage to local industry from duty free imports.

10/11/06 (The Star) - MIRI: The number of foreign workers employed in multi-billion ringgit commodities and plantation sectors in the country has surpassed that of local workers.

SINGAPORE, Nov 3 (Bernama) -- A major palm oil industrial cluster (POIC) being developed in the south-western part of the Malaysian state of Sabah is an ideal location for palm oil-related industries, a major conference here was told.

2/11/06 (NSTP) - KUALA LUMPUR: KFC products in Malaysia are devoid of unhealthy trans fats.

3/11/06 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore-listed Advanced Holdings Ltd. plans a 100,000 tonnes per year biodiesel plant in Malaysia, to take advantage of the nation's ample palm oil supply, a company source said on Friday.