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02/02/2012 (Borneo Post) - Malaysia Global Business Forum has partnered with the Arab Malaysia Chamber of Commerce for the upcoming forum themed ‘Strategic Partners: Malaysia and The Arab World’.

01/02/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil futures ended largely unchanged on Tuesday after falling near a six-week low as investors fretted about the prospects of weakening demand for the edible oil and uncertainty surrounding the euro zone debt crisis.

01/02/2012 (Bernama) - The Belgian Alliance for Sustainable Palm Oil has launched its charter, which pledges that by the end of 2015, all palm oil designated for the Belgian market will be produced based on the sustainability criteria of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

01/02/2012 (Biofuels Digest) - In Belgium, EurActiv is reporting that leaked documents from the European Commission show that GHG emissions for biodiesels from palm oil, canola and soy are higher than fossil fuels and on a par with Canadian tar sands when emissions from ILUC are included.

01/02/2012 (Biofuels Digest) - ShareThe Biofuels Digest Indexâ„¢ (BDI), a basket of public biofuels stocks, slipped 0.38 percent to 73.61 as Mission NewEnergy continued to plunge.

01/02/2012 (Bloomberg) - Shares of the following companies had unusual moves in Indonesian trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of the close in Jakarta.

01/02/2012 (THISDay) - Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has said it had concluded agreements for the supply of a new 500 metric ton per day Edible Oil Extraction and Refining facility to be established in Ibadan.

01/02/2012 (Reuters) - Biodiesel output in Italy, a major producer in the European Union, dropped 29 percent to 520,000 tonnes in 2011 hit by surging inflows of cheaper imports, preliminary data from biofuels industry body Assocostieri showed on Tuesday.

01/02/2012 (AFP) - Malaysia's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged on Tuesday, citing a need to remain cautious amid lingering concern over a "challenging" global economic situation.

01/02/2012 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday.

31/01/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil slipped to a five-week low on Monday on slowing demand and investor caution ahead of a likely debt swap deal for Greece that would help the country avoid a messy default

31/01/2012 (Mongabay.com) - Greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil-based biodiesel are the highest among major biofuels when the effects of deforestation and peatlands degradation are considered, according to calculations by the European Commission. The emissions estimates, which haven't been officially released, have important implications for the biofuels industry in Europe.