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18/07/2011 (Reuters) - New York-based agricultural company Herakles Farms will develop some 60,000 hectares of oil palm plantations in Cameroon's south-west region, project manager Delilah Rothenberg told Reuters in an interview.

18/07/2011 (Daily Star) - Consumers feel the pinch of soaring prices of essentials and vegetables nearly two weeks ahead of the Ramadan.

18/07/2011 (Borneo Post) - The government, through its replanting assistance programme under the National Key Economic Area (NKEA), is confident that Malaysia will soon be among the top crude palm oil (CPO) producers in the world.

18/07/2011 (Borneo Post) - THE oil palm tree is a native to West Africa. Crude palm oil is extracted from the pulp (mesocarp) and is red in color while palm kernel oil is extracted from the inside kernel and white in color.

15/07/2011 (Bernama) - Sime Darby Bhd's Chairman Tun Musa Hitam Thursday threw a challenge to the critics of Malaysia's palm oil industry, saying he wants to meet them, specifically those in the Australian Senate who had proposed and supported the 'Truth in Labelling-Palm Oil Bill'.

15/07/2011 (Minda News) - The provincial government of North Cotabato is seeking investors for its growing palm oil industry but Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza wants a “local player” to take the lead.

15/07/2011 (Bloomberg) - Okomu Oil Palm Plc (OKOMUOIL), a Nigerian processor of the kernels, rose to a 14-month high on expectations that improved rainfall in the West African nation will boost output.

15/07/2011 (Borneo Post) - A ‘win-win’ solution was achieved between the Department of Environment (DOE) and Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (SOPPOA) on the issues of finding amiable solutions to environmental concerns for the industry.

15/07/2011 (Jakarta Globe) - Many industry leaders in Indonesia hold misconceptions about the recent moratorium on logging. Questions abound on whether the halt on issuing new licenses to convert forests and peatland means a shutdown of business in the sector. And many ask about the purpose of Norway’s $1 billion contribution to Indonesia’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by deforestation.

15/07/2011 (Borneo Post) - In line with the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy’s (SCORE) five-prong development strategy and its 10 priority industries, the 7th International Conference on Steel and Aluminium Structures 2011 (ICSAS11) velved into the potentials of both steel and aluminium in Sarawak’s industrial development.

15/07/2011 (Bernama) - The government will continue to assist oil palm smallholders in the country with several strategies to increase palm oil output and thereby improve their income said the Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Tan Sri Bernard Dompok here.

18/07/2011 (India Times) - The Oil Palm Project, jointly implimented by the horticulture department and Godrej Agrovet Ltd (GAL), is getting good response from the farmers of Belgaum district.