Berita Arkib
19-10-2005
Oil palm planters told to look at India for expans
17/10 2005 (The Star) - INDIA holds the potential to be a new prioritydestination for Malaysian plantation companies to expand their oil palmland bank after Indonesia as well as to establish ventures in the palmoil-related downstream activities and set up of biofuel plants.
19-10-2005
Villagers show DOE officers polluted river
16/102005 (The Star) - SANDAKAN: After years of waiting in vain forauthorities to act, villagers at Kampung Segaliud took matters into theirown hands to show how pollution by two palm oil mills was destroying theirriver.
17-10-2005
Edible oil imports up 19%; slowdown in Sept
16/10/05 Mumbai , (Business Lines) - IMPORTS of edible oil, mainly palmoil and soyabean oil, have provisionally been reported at 46,30,483 tonnesduring 11 months of the current oil season (November 2004/September 2005).The imports are up from 38,83,298 tonnes during the corresponding year-agoperiod, a rise of 19 per cent, according to the latest import datacompiled by the Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEAI).
17-10-2005
Felcra To Build RM100 Mln Oil Palm Refinery Factor
Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali with therepresentatives of Perak Felcra settlers at the ceremony to presentdividends amounting to RM44.9 million to Felcra settlers in Perak,Saturday. Pix:Dusa Abas
17-10-2005
GM coconut oil with high lauric acid to rival cano
12/10/2005 (Food Navigator.com) - The Philippines is developing agenetically modified (GM) coconut with at least as much lauric acid ascanola to allow it to hold onto its leading share of the world’s vegetableoil market.
17-10-2005
India raises base import price of palm, soy oils
16/10/05 NEW DELHI (Financial Times) - India, the world’s leading edibleoil importer, on Saturday raised across the board the base import pricesof palm and soy oils, a move that traders said will firm domestic pricesbut not hit import volumes.
17-10-2005
MALAYSIA'S PPB OIL PALMS ACQUIRES 95 PCT STAKE IN
14/10/05 KUALA LUMPUR, (Asia Pulse) - PPB Oil Palms Berhad said itswholly-owned subsidiary, Stephigh Pte Ltd, today signed an agreement toacquire a 95 per cent stake in PT Alam Sawit Permai.
17-10-2005
Malaysian palm oil industry denies fuelling orang-
13/10/05 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's palm oil industry deniedaccusations it was driving orang-utans towards extinction.
17-10-2005
Myanmar To Expand Oil-palm Cultivation
16/10/05 BANGKOK, (Bernama) -- Myanmar is aiming to expand its oil palmcultivation by another 500,000 acres within the next five years to meetgrowing domestic demand and reduce its reliance on imported palm oil.
17-10-2005
No buyers for Indonesian palm oil amid uncertainty
12/10/05 JAKARTA (AFP) - Stockpiles of Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) arebuilding up with buyers holding back purchases pending a new directive onexport tariffs, an industry executive said.
17-10-2005
No Evidence Of Threat To Wildlife Caused By Oil Pa
12/10/05 KUALA LUMPUR, (Bernama) -- There is no evidence of a threat towildlife caused by oil palm plantations, three palm oil-basedorganisations reiterated, Wednesday.
17-10-2005
Sejati in talks to build frond factories
14/10/05 (Malay Mail) - SEJATI Oil Palm Feed Sdn Bhd is in talks withtwo plantation groups to form joint ventures to build as many as threefactories processing oil palm fronds, said its managing director ZainalAhmad.