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24/2/07 (RedNova) GALVESTON -- Next month, the world will get a glimpse of what Big Oil can bring to the fast-growing alternative fuels movement when a new biodiesel plant, backed by a major U.S. oil company, opens for business in Texas.

22/2/07 SEAFORD, Del., PRNewswire - Nano Chemical Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NCSH - News), announced today that nano-enhanced, environmentally friendly, "Green" oils and lubricants can be made from a waste by-product of one Palm Biodiesel production process to offset costs and bring fuel pricing below the cost per barrel of crude oil.

27/2/07 (The Star) - KOTA KINABALU: Sabah is losing 1,000ha of mangrove swamp for developing two palm oil industrial cluster zones in the east coast.

27/2/07 (Business Times) - SYNERGY Drive Sdn Bhd is on track to becoming a global player within the next four to five years, and for starters it will bolster its huge plantation business.

27/2/07 (NSTP) - Palm oil is no longer the 'bad boy' of oils as research extols its antioxidant properties.

26/2/07 (Checkbiotech.org) - The high prices of petroleum have stimulated the rapid development of the biofuel industry in the European Union, United States and to some extent in Malaysia. Biofuel offers strategic advantages for different sectors and stakeholders.

25/2/07 (AZoNano.com) - Nano Chemical Systems Holdings, Inc., announced today that nano-enhanced, environmentally friendly, "Green" oils and lubricants can be made from a waste by-product of one Palm Biodiesel production process to offset costs and bring fuel pricing below the cost per barrel of crude oil.

23/2/07 (Business Times) - GENTING Bhd, the world's fifth largest casino operator, may sell its 54.8 per cent subsidiary, Asiatic Development Bhd, as the group wants to fully focus on its global gaming business, industry sources said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 (Bernama) -- The change in marketing climate in the Middle East and Africa with the proliferation of free trade agreements, has caused palm oil-based Alami Vegetable Oil Products Sdn Bhd to set up its branch in the two regions.

26/2/2007 (Bloomberg) - Commodities used to make biofuels may be the top performers this year due to increasing demand from the alternative energy industry and the food sector, said Roland Jansen, CEO of Mother Earth Investment AG.

26/2/07 (The Star) - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives recovered from their pre-Chinese New Year lows boosted by light technical buying.

19/1/07 (The Star) PETALING JAYA - PPB Oil Palms Bhd is poised this year to tap into Singapore-based Wilmar group's three new palm-based biodiesel plants in Indonesia, which have a combined annual production capacity of 1.15 million tonnes.