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Palm oil prices could reach US$1,500/tonne as B50 and El Niño tighten supply
Malaysia: Palm oil prices rise ahead of key May production report
Palm oil prices rose on Monday
Malaysian palm oil exports to face pressure from Indonesian push
IOI Corp’s third quarter earnings rise 17% to RM17
Tuesday May 17, 2005 - PLANTATION and property development group IOI CorpBhd reported a 17% growth in net profit to RM175.2mil for its thirdquarter ended March 31, in spite of a seasonally low period for palm oiloutput.
M'sian Firm To Team Up With German Scientist In Bi
FRANKFURT, May 16 (Bernama) -- A Malaysian resource-based company,FybOrganic Technologies Sdn Bhd, plans to team up with a German scientistin a biotechnology venture to produce biofertilisers and animal feed fromdiscarded oil palm trunks (OPTs).
Syndicate Selling Kanowit Native Oil Palm Land
KANOWIT, May 16 (Bernama) -- Unsuspecting landowners participating in theKanowit Native Customary Right (NCR) oil palm plantation are being"robbed" of their land by a syndicate that sells it to equallyunsuspecting buyers, according to Assistant Land Development MinisterDatuk Gramong Juna.
Thailand promotes bio-industry.
BANGKOK, May 15 (TNA) - Thailand’s government is developing a strategyto promote plant-based bio-industry in order to reduce the country'simports of energy and chemicals.
Three palm oil factories fined RM20,000 each
12 May, 2005 - Tawau: Three oil palm factories represented by theirrespective executives were each fined RM20,000 or two months' jail by theSessions Court here for blatantly disposing effluence exceeding thepermitted level.
Tocotrienols- Vitamin E Component in Palm Oil, Ric
5/17/2005 - A natural component of rice bran oil lowers cholesterol inrats, and ongoing research also shows it may have potential as ananti-cancer and anti-infection agent in humans, according to a Universityof Rochester scientist who has studied the antioxidant since 1996.
Golden Hope's Biotechnology To Start Production In
BANTING, May 12 (Bernama) -- Golden Hope Plantations Bhd's newly-launchedBiotechnology Centre here will start producing oil palm tissue cultureplanting materials within one to two months, its group chief executiveDatuk Sabri Ahmad said.
Malaysia says it may consider East Timor's offer t
Tuesday May 10, 11:53 AM - The government may consider East Timor'soffer to supply Malaysia with construction and agricultural workers in themidst of a shortage of legal foreign laborers, a news report said.
Surat Thani Province Selected as Center of Thai Pa
5/12/2005 - The result of a study commissioned on the creation of a palmoil city has specified that Surat Thani is appropriate for the project.
