Berita Arkib
17-06-2005
Malaysia Palm Oil Has Future As Biodiesel
16/6/05 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysia should emulate Europe insetting up a program to manufacture and use biodiesel, a prominentofficial in the palm oil industry said.
16-06-2005
Malaysian Palm Oil Plantation Sector Set to Make a
14/6/2005 Business Times - MALAYSIA'S plantation sector is set to make acomeback in the remaining months of the year, driven by strong globaldemand, a new biofuel ruling in Europe and a possible return of El Nino, aweather phenomenon.
14-06-2005
Biodiesel refinery still years in future
Bangkok Post - Jun 13 11:34 AM - Pumps across the country will addanother 40 satang per litre to gasoline (one baht = 100 satang) and dieselprices today, as the cost of oil prices continue to rise on the worldmarkets.
14-06-2005
Energy Commission To Address Challenges For Renewa
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) -- The Energy Commission will address thechallenges faced by producers of renewable energy from biomass under theNinth Malaysia Plan (9MP), said its chairman Datuk Dr Mohd Annas Mohd Nor.
14-06-2005
Farmers told not to kill elephants
Monday June 13, 2005 - KOTA KINABALU: Oil palm farmers whose crops havebeen destroyed by displaced Borneo pygmy elephants should stop their"revenge killings".
14-06-2005
Free trade crushes world's poorest farmers: Britis
LONDON (AFP) - Free-trade development strategies designed by theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have devastated poorcountries and left their farmers worse off, a British aid group said in areport.
14-06-2005
Higher pay, but locals still shun estate jobs
Saturday June 11, 2005 - MIRI: Salaries earned by commercial plantationworkers in the country have increased substantially, with the lowest paidearning between RM800 and RM1,000 a month.
14-06-2005
Palm oil bio-fuel policy being drawn up
New Straits Times - Jun 12 5:54 PM KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia, the world’slargest producer and exporter of palm oil, is developing its own bio-fuelpolicy to further strengthen and brighten the industry’s outlook.
13-06-2005
Indonesia Record's World's Fastest Growth CPO Prod
6/10/2005 Asia Pulse KUALA LUMPUR - Indonesia recorded the fastest growthin the production of crude palm oil (CPO) in the world in the past decade,Mihd Basri Wahid of the Malaysia Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said.
13-06-2005
A little hard work pays off
New Straits Times - Jun 11 5:08 PM - SITIAWAN - Three or four times aweek, Zabedah Masra and her daughter Rohana Abdul Hamid make their way toan oil palm plantation neighbouring their village of Kampung Kayan here.They join 13 other women who arrive at the estate as early as 7.30ambefore heading towards areas where fresh fruit bunches have beenharvested.
13-06-2005
Asiatic in Indon oil palm JV
08-06-2005 - Asiatic Development Bhd has entered into several jointventures to develop a total of 98,300 hectares of oil palm plantation inWest Kalimantan, Indonesia.
13-06-2005
Chinese Investors Eye Indonesian Palm Oil Sector
6/8/2005 - The Jakarta Post - A group of Chinese investors have committedto investing up to US$8.6 billion in Indonesia's palm oil sector over thenext five years, a senior minister said on Wednesday.