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Palm Oil Not The Cause For Shrinking Number Of Orang Utans, Says GAPKI
By Mahanum Abdul Aziz
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Not all environment issues and
related problems like the shrinking number of orang utans in Indonesia can
be blamed on the expansion of oil palm plantations in the country, says an
industry member. |
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Biotechnology To Revolutionise Oil Palm Oil Industry
By Ahmad Farizal Hajat
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30
(Bernama) -- Biotechnology offers vast
opportunities to energise and revolutionise the oil palm oil industry. |
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Codes Of Practice For Palm Oil Industry To Take Effect 2008
By Ahmad Farizal Hajat
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- The
Codes of Practice (COP) for the
Malaysian palm oil industry, launched at the International Palm Oil
Congress (PIPOC) 2007 here today, will take effect by middle of next year. |
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PIPOC Sees Record Attendance
By Minggu Simon Lhasa, Mahanum Aziz & Ahmad Farizal Hajat
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- This year's MPOB International Palm
Oil Congress set a record, pulling its biggest crowd ever with close to
2,000 participants comprising both locals and foreigners. |
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No Decision Yet On Subsidy For Biodiesel
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- No decision has been made yet on the
subsidy for biodiesel, according to a Plantation Industries abd Commodities
Ministry official |
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Price A Major Factor In Determining Palm Oil Demand In India
By Minggu Simon Lhasa
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Pricing
will be one of the major
factors in determining the share that Malaysian palm oil can command in
India's lucrative edible oils market, according to an Indian vegetable oils
industry official. |
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Participate Actively In Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil, Says MPOB
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Malaysia wants all palm oil industry
players to actively participate in the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil
(RSPO) in efforts to address the misconceptions and negative reports and
issues surrounding palm oil plantations |
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Prices Ease On Indonesia's Plan To Increase Export Tax
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- Crude palm oil (CPO)
futures prices
on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives closed lower Wednesday on Indonesia's plans to
raise its export tax on the commodity to ten percent in September, dealers
said. |
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Greater Emphasis Needed To Boost Oil Palm Yields, Says Industry Player
By Ahmad Farizal Hajat
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- Policy makers and industry players
should put more emphasis on increasing the national average yields of the
two leading palm oil producers -- Malaysia and Indonesia -- which have
stagnated over the last two decades. |
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Palm Oil Use Increases In U.S. Food Industry
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- The trans fatty acids (trans
fats or
TFA) issue in the U.S. has prompted a significant increase in palm oil use
by the food industry in that country, a top official of the Institute of
Shortening and Edible Oils (ISEO) in Washington said today.
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