Berita Arkib
17-07-2006
Indonesia Says Needs US$22 Billion Investment in Biofuels
14/7/06 (Reuters) - JAKARTA - Indonesia needs 200 trillion rupiah (US$22 billion) of investment to develop more biofuels so it can cut subsidised oil-product consumption by 10 percent by 2010, the mines and energy minister said on Thursday.
17-07-2006
U.S.-Malaysia Set For Round Two Of FTA Talks
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Bernama) -- The United States would like to see a "win-win" free trade agreement with Malaysia with both sides benefiting from an immediate duty-free status for much of its trade, Barbara Weisel, chief negotiator for the U.S., said here Friday.
17-07-2006
World oilseeds output seen down
14/7/06 (Business Line) - World oilseed output in the upcoming 2006-07 season is projected at 386.65 million tonnes (mt), marginally lower than previous year's 389.59 mt, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its latest report on world agricultural supply and demand estimate
10-07-2006
BioX environs project for palm oil mills
10/7/06 (The Star) - PLANTATION owners wanting to play a bigger role in preserving the environment can participate in BioX Group Asia's clean development mechanism (CDM) project, which helps contain methane gas released by palm oil mills.
10-07-2006
Malaysia Weighs Palm Oil Share for Food, Energy
7/6/06 (Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR - Hunger for palm-based biofuel is growing so fast that Malaysia has decided to stop licensing new producers while industry works out how to divide up its raw material between the food and energy sectors.
10-07-2006
Spot CPO poised to hit RM1,500 as demand surges
8/7/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: The spot price of crude palm oil (CPO) is poised to hit the RM1,500-per-tonne mark "soon", given the potential surge in demand as more palm-based biodiesel plants are set to start operations late this year and in 2007.
10-07-2006
Reduce pollution, oil palm operators told
7/7/06 (The Edge News) - Tawau: Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Karim Bujang urged operators involved in the palm oil industry to formulate ways and means to reduce pollution to safeguard the environment.
10-07-2006
Govt Identifies Petronas To Channel Biofuel
KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- The Government has identified Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) to help channel Malaysia's first-of-its-kind biofuel, envo diesel, said Plantation, Industries and Commodities Ministry Secretary-General, Datuk Dr Michael Dosim Lunjew.
10-07-2006
Negative list, FDI may throw India-ASEAN FTA off track
9/7/706 (The Economic Times) - NEW DELHI: The India-ASEAN free trade agreement (FTA), the largest trade pact negotiated by India so far, has run into trouble. Both sides have dug in their heels over key issues, which need to be resolved to kick-start the accord from January 1, '07.
10-07-2006
KNM to expand into new industrial sectors
5/7/06 (Ther Edge News) - KNM Group Bhd is acquiring a 90% stake in Virgo Pulse Sdn Bhd group (VPSB), a maker of industrial boilers, for RM27.5 million cash in a strategic partnership deal that will allow it to expand into new industrial sectors such as power, palm oil and biomass.
10-07-2006
Shell says biofuels from food crops "morally inappropriate"
6/7/06 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell, the world's top marketer of biofuels, considers using food crops to make biofuels "morally inappropriate" as long as there are people in the world who are starving, an executive said on Thursday.
10-07-2006
SE Asian Nations Well Placed To Tap Into Biofuel Potentials
SINGAPORE, July 7 (Bernama) -- Southeast Asian countries are well-placed to tap into the biofuel potentials as they have rich biomass assets that can be turned into fuel, according to an expert on fuels technology.