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Malaysia’s palm oil production up 3.51%
Malaysian palm oil higher
CPO Futures Close Lower, Tracking Weaker Soybean Oil Prices
CIMB: India's duty cut, low stocks seen boosting Malaysian palm oil exports
Food industry urges caution on biofuel promotion plan
4/5/2006 (Nutraingredients.com) - A plan to increase biofuel production could lead to an increase in prices for agricultural ingredients, in particular rapeseed, the bloc's food industry association warns in a position paper.
Go to the ground to register them
4/5/06 Kota Kinabalu (Sabah Daily Express) - Science Advisor to the Chief Minister Datuk Tham Nyip Shen said the Federal Government should take a proactive approach by going to the ground and approaching the industry players that employ foreign workers, in ensuring that all are registered.
Forests in Southeast Asia Fall to Prosperity's Ax
2/5/06 LONG ALONGO, Indonesia (New York Times ) For as long as anyone can remember, Anyie Apoui and his people have lived among the majestic trees and churning rivers in an untouched corner of Borneo, catching fish and wild game, cultivating rice and making do without roads. But all that is about to change.
Tariff values for palm oils hiked
Chennai 28/4/05 (Business LIne) - The Union Government on Friday raised the tariff values for palm group of oils by $7 a tonne, while keeping that of crude soyabean oil unchanged. On April 17, it had cut the values for the palm group of oils by $10 and that of soya oil by $4.
Planters await biodiesel bill
1/5/06 (The Star) - LOCAL plantation companies, particularly those with huge investments in palm-based biodiesel projects, are eagerly awaiting the biodiesel bill to be passed by the Parliament next month.
A new cash crop for smallholders
1/5/06 (The Star) - WHILE the focus on palm-based biodiesel remains intact, the National Smallholders Association (NASH) has formed a joint venture with an Indian company to set up Malaysia's first Jetropha Curcus (JC)-based biodiesel processing and refining plant.
RM100b from oil palm seen: POIC
28/4/06 Kota Kinabalu (Sabah Daily Express) - Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) Sabah Sdn Bhd estimates that the palm oil produced in Sabah (5.33 million tonnes in 2005) has potential of generating up to RM100 billion in economic value if its downstream potentials are fully exploited.
Felcra catching up with bigger GLC peers
30/4/05 (The Star) - FELCRA Bhd, a low-profile plantation-based government-linked company (GLC), is playing catch-up with its more prominent peers the Felda Group, Golden Hope Plantations Bhd (GHope) and Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd.
GHope: Subsidy can make biodiesel attractive
1/5/06 (The Star) - AS a biodiesel player with the highest number of confirmed biodiesel plants in Malaysia, Golden Hope Plantations Bhd no doubt wants to see a speedier implementation of the Biodiesel Act.
