Berita Arkib

30/6/06 (Bernama ) - THE Cabinet Committee on the Competitiveness of the Palm Oil Industry has decided for the Government to temporarily stop issuing new manufacturing licences for biodiesel production with immediate effect.

4/7/06 JAKARTA (Business Times) - Indonesia plans to boost output of palm oil, sugar cane and vegetable oils used in making biofuels that will help the nation reduce the use of petroleum products, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said in an interview.

6/7/06 (Reuters) - NEW DELHI: Edible oil imports by India, the world's leading buyer, is set to drop by about half a million tonnes in the year ending October thanks to higher domestic availability, trade officials said yesterday.

5/7/06 (Angolapress) YANGON - Myanmar has established its first modern palm oil refinery plant here to help meet local edible oil demand, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Wednesday.

5/7/05 (The Edge News) - Strong demand for crude palm oil (CPO) and surging crude oil prices saw the benchmark September delivery for CPO futures hitting the two-week high at RM1,487 per tonne and it is expected to cross the RM1,500 level.

05/07/2006 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - Work on the nation's biggest renewable fuel plant in Darwin is almost complete.

4/7/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - The government is targeting a 10 percent reduction in the country's consumption of oil-based fuels by 2010 from the current level of 41 million kiloliters (kl) by promoting the production and use of bio-diesel.

18/6/06 (The Jakarta Post) - The rapid increase in global oil prices, which reached over US$70 per barrel recently because of the uncertainty in the Middle East, has prompted the government to turn to an alternative energy -- biofuel.

4/7/06 (The Edge News) - Plantation stocks lifted the market at midday sparked by the surge in crude palm oil futures prices led by the increase in demand from China and firmer soy prices in Chica

30/6/06 (New Kerala) - New Delhi: Government today increased the base import price for crude palm oil by four dollar to 424 dollar per tonne while lowered the base price for crude soyabean oil by 13 dollar to 529 dollar.

29/6/06 (Sun Star) - KORONADAL CITY -- The City Government here plans to develop new road networks leading to several upland villages to facilitate the ongoing expansion of oil palm plantations in the area.

3/7/06 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia has suspended giving new licenses for biodiesel production projects amid concerns that an excess of projects could deprive the food market of palm oil, widely used in cooking, a report said Monday