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15/2/078 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore-listed Wilmar International Ltd. , an Asian palm oil refiner, on Thursday said its quarterly profit more than doubled and that it expected to continue to benefit from strong demand for palm oil.

18/1/07 ( Honolulu Advertiser) KAHULUI, Maui - A $61 million biodiesel refining plant is being planned to turn imported palm oil into fuel to run Maui Electric Co. generators.

17/2/07 JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia is embarking on an ambitious biofuel programme which has already attracted more than 17 billion dollars in foreign and domestic investment and criticism from conservationists worried about the country's forests.

17/207 BANGKOK (TNA) - Thailand's Energy Ministry will put more effort into encouraging more communities to manufacture bio-diesel after discovering that only one-third of the country's used cooking oil is collected and recycled for use in making bio-diesel for local consumption.

14/2/07 WEST BEND, Wis.,(PRNewswire) -- Tropical Traditions announced this week that it had added Organic Palm Shortening to its line of trans fat free oils.

17/2/07 (CattleNetwork.com) EU-25: The EU has a target that 5.75 percent of total transportation fuel use should come from biofuels by 2010.

19/2/07 DUBLIN, Ireland (BUSINESS WIRE) - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50722) has announced the addition of The Biomass.

15/2/07 LONDON, (PRNewswire) -- The rapidly growing production of biofuels worldwide is beginning to alter global demand patterns for fuel crops and will have an impact upon fertilizer consumption and mix.

18/2/07 (Inquirer.net) - MALAYSIAN firm Biogreen Energy Sdn Bhd is preparing to sign an agreement with PNOC Alternative Fuels Corp. (PNOC-AFC) on the establishment of a jatropha nursery and plantation in two different locations in the country.

17/2/07 ( Bloomberg) - INDONESIAN palm oil output will increase less than expected as the El Nino weather phenomenon-induced drought will cut output in southern Sumatra, Lampung and southern Kalimantan, a palm oil producer said.

14/2/2007 (Nutraingredients.com) - A new research centre in the UK focusing on palm oil research using latest molecular techniques could benefit the food industry.

14/2/07 (The Edge Daily) - Brite-Tech Bhd's associated company, Brite-Tech Ventures Sdn Bhd, (BTV) has entered into a letter of intent with the Danish Ministry for the proposed sale of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs).