MALAYSIA’S mammoth palm oil sector faces a new threat after Indian traders were asked to halt purchases amid a diplomatic row over Kashmir, piling further pressure on the industry as Europe also plans cutbacks. The South-east Asian nation is the second-biggest producer of the oil after Indonesia, used in everything from food to cosmetics, in […]

MALAYSIA should seek other diplomatic avenues in resolving the palm oil conflict with the European Union (EU) as the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Appellate Body is “paralysed” due to its limited panel members. The arbitrator lost its power to rule in a trade dispute when two of its three remaining judges — the minimum number […]

A $433 million contract to build a biosolid treatment facility for the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (WRP) has been awarded to Sembcorp Design and Construction (SDC). National water agency PUB said in a statement yesterday that SDC will construct Tuas WRP’s energy-efficient biosolids building, digesters and greasy waste receiving facility.

Having a blending facility in the region enables a more efficient operation by moving neat SAF in bulk from production sources to the blending facility and then delivering blended SAF parcels to where it is needed.

[KUALA LUMPUR] Sime Darby Plantation, the world’s largest producer of sustainable palm oil, rolled out the replanting of unproductive trees with its new higher-yielding seedling which it says is 20 per cent more productive. Malaysia-based Sime in June announced its “GenomeSelect” seeds with a potential to increase output of the edible oil by 20 per […]

[KUALA LUMPUR] Singapore could become the world’s first country to only use sustainable palm oil as part of a green push to tackle forest fires and air pollution blighting South-east Asia. Palm oil is the world’s most widely used edible oil and found in everything from margarine to soap. Its production has led to deforestation, […]

SINGAPORE-BASED waste management startup Blue Planet Environmental Solutions has acquired Qube Renewables, which specialises in generating energy from locally occurring organic waste streams.

A 30-megawatt solar power station in Pursat province has started generating power to the national grid, with three other approved projects set to produce energy in late 2020 but this still leaves questions to be asked on why the waste-to-energy (WTE) method is still not being used.

SIAK, Riau: Kimia Tirta Utama Junior High School is located amid 6,400ha of palm plantation owned by Indonesian palm oil producer PT Kimia Tirta Utama (KTU). With palm trees being a familiar plant in their surroundings, the 282 students are taught sustainable agriculture from an early age.

Since 1990, the United States has ramped up its production of biofuels—to about 16 billion gallons of ethanol and 1.6 billion gallons of biodiesel in 2017. At the same time, production of palm oil has increased nearly sixfold, mainly for food production, and with it significant deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia. That overlap has led […]