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MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  30-03-2006

End to oil palm plan along K'mantan border

29/3/06 (The Edge Daily) - According to WWF, Wednesday's announcement also spells the end of plans to create the world's largest palm oil plantation in Kalimantan along Indonesia's mountainous border with Malaysia.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  30-03-2006

Kulim May Call For EGM, Says Analyst

29/3/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd's recent victory in the Court of Appeal for the contentious 12.2 percent stake in its subsidiary QSR Brands Bhd may prompt the diversified palm oil group to quickly call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to remove the current directors of QSR.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  27-03-2006

Biofuel Indus Boosts Palm Oil Equipment Sales

23/3/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Growing interest in biodiesel is proving to be a boon not only for the palm oil industry, but also for companies providing support services, such as equipment makers.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  27-03-2006

CBIP makes strategic moves to boost growth

27/3/06 KLANG (The Star) - Palm oil mill expert, CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd (CBIP) will implement strategic moves this year to boost earnings and position the group in domestic and international markets.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  27-03-2006

India-ASEAN FTA runs into roadblock

24/3/06 (rediff.com) - The India-Asean Free Trade Agreement has hit a roadblock with the agriculture ministry objecting to the inclusion of farm products like pepper, rubber, palm oil, coffee and tea in the tariff liberalisation programme.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  27-03-2006

Plan for merged GLC plantations

27/3/06 KUALA LUMPUR (The Star) - Plans to create a mega plantation group with strong global presence through the merger of top government-linked (GLC) plantation companies will not take place at least for the next two to three years.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  27-03-2006

BIOX in talks with plantation companies for JV

23/2/06 (The Edge Daily) - BIOX Group BV, a European-based supplier of biofuel blends for the energy sector, is in talks with several public-listed oil palm plantation companies to secure biomass for its biofuel power plants in Europe.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  27-03-2006

US regrets lack of action at WTO farm trade talks

25/3/06 GENEVA (Gulf Times) - WTO farm talks, a central part of global free trade negotiations, have made some progress ahead of an April deadline but a breakthrough will come only when key political issues are resolved, officials said yesterday.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  27-03-2006

EU BIODIESEL GROWRH SEEN SPARKING FOOD PRICE RISE

LONDON, March 24 (Reuters) - Rapid expansion of European Union biofuels production will lead to higher and more volatile food prices, imposing a financial burden on poor countries, an economist with a leading grain trading company said on Friday.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  23-03-2006

Avoid palm oil to protect your heart and orangutans, says pressure group

3/22/2006 (USA Nutraingredients.com) - A full-page ad in the New York Times encourages consumers to steer clear of palm oil, claiming increased demand for the ingredient is driving the orangutan towards extinction.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  23-03-2006

roup Calls on Food Industry, Consumers to Avoid Palm Oil

21/3/06 WASHINGTON, (U.S. Newswire) - Increased demand for palm oil is fueling destruction of the rainforest habitats of Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, pushing those and other already endangered species even closer to extinction, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). In a full-page ad in The New York Times, CSPI says orangutans are literally dying for cookies, as food manufacturers are replacing partially hydrogenated oils with palm oil in cookies, crackers, cereals, and microwave popcorn.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT  
  23-03-2006

Envoy to Encourage Malaysian Investment in Philippine Palm Oil

20/3/06 COTABATO CITY (Asia Pulse) - Visiting Malaysian High Minister YB Tan Sri Bernard G. Dompok has pledged to convince Malaysian investors to infuse capital to North Cotabato's growing palm oil industry in a bid to boost peace and development effort in the area and the rest of the region.