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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.

29/1/07 (BangkokPost) - The Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) has delayed a project to produce biodiesel from palm oil for the government, and shifted to growing and selling palm saplings to serve local plantations.

27/1/07 (Bloomberg) - The price of crude palm oil, the world's most-traded vegetable oil, may average 17 per cent higher in 2007 than an earlier estimate as its demand as a fuel additive competes with its use in food, PT Macquarie Securities Indonesia said.

26/01/07 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR - Chin Teck Plantations Bhd, which made its second foray into Indonesia last year, plans to cultivate 2,000 to 3,000ha of oil palm trees in Sumatra this year.

29/01/07 (The Star) - FELDA Agricultural Services Sdn Bhd (FAS), a unit of Felda Holdings Bhd, plans to strengthen its position as the market leader in the production of oil palm hybrid seeds and clones (or ramets) in Malaysia and regionally.

24/01/07 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia's Synergy Drive Sdn. Bhd. said Wednesday it signed an agreement to buy the entire assets and liabilities of three companies in a bid to create the world's largest listed palm oil producer.

AMSTERDAM, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The Dutch High Court gave the green light on Wednesday to the construction of a 50-megawatt power plant based on palm oil, whose sustainability was challenged by environmental organisations.