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3/2/07 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: New Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chairman Datuk Sabri Ahmad will emphasise market-driven research and development (R&D) to ensure the sustainable growth of the industry.

30/1/07 (The Jakarta Post) - Lampung is set to become a major national production center for biofuels during the next four years, an official says.

2/2/07 (The National) - THE Merameng Palm Oil Group will build a K20 million plant to process palm oil in West New Britain.

31/1/07 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) announced the appointment of Datuk Sabri Ahmad as its new chairman effective from Jan 1.

25/1/07 (New York Times) AMSTERDAM- Just a few years ago, politicians and environmental groups in the Netherlands were thrilled by the early and rapid adoption of "sustainable energy," achieved in part by coaxing electrical plants to use biofuel - in particular, palm oil from Southeast Asia.

NILAI, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- Felda will become the world's largest producer of oil palm seedling clones supplying three million seedling clones annually by 2010, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, here Tuesday.

1/2/07 KUALA LUMPUR, (Asia Pulse) - Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad (KLSE:2003) said its subsidiary, Natural Oleochemicals Sdn Bhd, is teaming up with Integrated Fortune Sdn Bhd for the production of palm wax.

31/1/07 HAMBURG, (Reuters) - Low biodiesel sales, especially in Germany, are depressing European rapeseed and rapeseed oil prices, Thomas Mielke, CEO of German oilseeds analysts Oil World, said on Wednesday.

30/1/07 (Reuters) - The following table lists planned biodiesel plants compiled through a survey of biodiesel producers and market sources.

29/1/07 SINGAPORE, (Reuters) - Asia's big biodiesel producers are starting to secure their green investments by hedging against falling oil prices and rising feedstock costs, but the move may carry even bigger risks for infant players.

24/01/07 (The Telegraph) New Delhi, - Continuing its fight against rising inflation, the government today cut customs duty on edible oil by up to 12.5 per cent and froze tariff values at the July 2006 levels.

26/01/07 (BusinessWeek Online)-- In his State of the Union address, President Bush pleased some audience members by proposing to radically increase the amount of alternative fuel usage.