Berita Arkib

1/4/06 KUALA LUMPUR (The Star) - Malaysia and Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producers, will use a planned joint board to oversee the pricing of the commodity used in soaps and cooking.

5/4/06 KUALA LUMPUR (The Star) - Lembaga Tabung Haji will partner a China-based company to acquire a palm oil refinery in Indonesia for about US$15mil as an initial step into biodiesel development.

31/4/06 (The Star) - THE Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has been the pioneer in researching and turning crude palm oil into fuel substitute.

4/4/06 (The Star) - GUA MUSANG: Oil palm mill specialist CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd (CBIP) is in negotiations with several large plantation groups including Asiatic Development Bhd to supply them with its modular Modipalm automated palm oil mills, managing director Lim Chai Beng said.

4/4/06 Mumbai(Business Line) - Contrary to expectations of strong prices following unusually shrill hype about bio-diesel demand over the last several months, the global vegetable oil market is now bracing itself for soft prices, aided by a large soyabean crop harvested in South America and mounting stocks of palm oil in Malaysia.

30/3/06 BANGKOK (TNA) - The Energy Ministry insists it see no need to import raw palm oil for bio-diesel production since local supply remains sufficient.

4/4/04 (The Star) - DESPITE the bullish development in biodiesel and continued palm oil demand globally, Malaysian palm oil stands to lose its competitive edge due to a lack of effective branding, marketing efforts and risk communication strategies.

30/3/06 (Business Standard India) - Multi-Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) today signed a memorandum of understanding with Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Berhad (BMD) for developing the commoditiy market and for cross-listing of products. Initially, the exchanges will start a futures contract in crude palm oil soon.

2/4/06 SINGAPORE( Gulf Times) - Living in one of Asia's most polluted cities has piqued Putut Andanawarih's interest in a cleaner form of fuel known as biodiesel.

31/3/06 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, the world's leading edible oil importer, on Friday trimmed the base import prices of palm oils and crude soybean oil, but traders said the cuts would have only a marginal effect on domestic prices.

KUCHING, March 31 (Bernama) -- The Sarawak government is expected to collect RM1.9 million in revenue this year following the implementation of the annual assessment rate on oil palm plantations, State Environment and Public Health Minister Datuk Michael Manyin said Friday.

3/4/06 (The Star) - IT was a clear-cut message from the Government to position the agriculture sector as the country's third economic growth engine in the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP).