Author: Alvin Tang

PMB Carbon sells off land for RM36.59 mln

KUCHING: PMB Technology Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary PMB Carbon Sdn Bhd is selling a piece of leasehold land in Klang, Selangor for RM36.59 million. PMB Carbon has entered into a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Ong Saut Mee for the disposal of the land measuring about 56,656 sq m. The

WTK crude palm oil output jumps 261% in Q3

KUCHING: WTK Holdings Bhd has reported impressive production volumes of crude palm oil (CPO), fresh fruit bunches (FFB) and palm kernel in the July-September 2023 quarter (3Q2023) from a year ago. In the current quarter under review, CPO output soared by 261 per cent to 16,139 tonnes (3Q2022: 4,472 tonnes).

Timber export revenue plunges

KUCHING: Sarawak’s monthly export revenue from timber and timber products has plunged by about 40 per cent to RM189.9 million (free on board value) in September 2023 from RM314.6 million in previous month of August or down by a hefty RM124.8 million. Leading the downtrend in the exports were plywood

EUDR slammed as discriminatory and punitive

KUCHING: Seventeen countries, including Malaysia, have objected to the unfair EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) in a joint letter they sent recently to European Union (EU) Commission and Parliament officials. The letter described EUDR as an “inherently discriminatory and punitive unilateral benchmarking system that is potentially inconsistent with WTO (World Trade

Wooden furniture imports drop in Japan

KUCHING: Japan’s wooden furniture imports in July 2023 fell from the previous month due to the weakening of the yen against the US dollar, the International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO) Tropical Timber Market Report said. “Year on year, there was a considerable fall in the value of imports, if set

Scable: Hefty cable demand but weak working capital

KUCHING: Sarawak Cable Bhd (Scable) has not been able to fully capitalise on the strong market demand for power cables because of the company’s insufficient working capital. According to its newly appointed group chief executive officer (CEO) Russell Walter Boyd, while the group has seen strong demand from the market

Supreme seeks transfer of listing to ACE Market

KUCHING: Supreme Consolidated Resources Bhd has proposed to transfer its listing from the LEAP Market to  ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd (Bursa Securities).  The company’s board of directors has agreed on the proposed transfer of listing after deliberating on the proposal received from several shareholders, including BNDM Incorporated

Supreme seeks transfer of listing to ACE Market

KUCHING: Supreme Consolidated Resources Bhd has proposed to transfer its listing from the LEAP Market to  ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd (Bursa Securities).  The company’s board of directors has agreed on the proposed transfer of listing after deliberating on the proposal received from several shareholders, including BNDM Incorporated

Japan’s monthly plywood imports decline persistently

KUCHING: Japan’s monthly plywood imports have continued the downtrend, which began in mid-2022. In July 2023, plywood arrivals in Japan were down 42 per cent from a year ago, with all the shippers seeing year-on-year decline in the shipment value. “The volume of shipments from Malaysia and Indonesia (top two

EU tropical wood product imports down in H1

KUCHING: The European Union (EU) has reported a 29 per cent drop in the value of imported tropical wood and wooden furniture products to US$1.73 billion in the first six months of 2023 (6M2023) from 6M2022. In terms of imported volume on these products, it fell by 18 per cent