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5/5/06 (Reuters) - PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian crude palm oil prices are likely to inch closer to RM1,600 a tonne this year as the start of biodiesel production cuts domestic stocks, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin said.

4/5/06 9 Sabah Daily Express) - OIL palm plantation owners encroaching onto riparian areas must immediately vacate these areas or risk being penalised.

TEMERLOH, May 4 (Bernama) -- The government would expand the usage of the palm oil based fuel or Envo Diesel commercially next year as an alternative to petroleum.

3/5/2006 (The Edge Daily) - Plantation stocks, led by heavyweight IOI Corporation, were among the major gainers in early trade on May 3, on the bullish outlook for crude palm oil (CPO).

30/4/06 (The Edge Daily) - SABAH also aims to enter a joint venture with another Indian multinational, the Aditya Birla Group, in oil palm cultivation.

4/5/06 (Financial Times) - The Philippines yesterday inaugurated Asia's first large-scale biodiesel plant, which can produce up to 60m litres a year of the alternative fuel from coconut oil, a big step for the poor south-east Asian country.

4/5/2006 (Nutraingredients.com) - A plan to increase biofuel production could lead to an increase in prices for agricultural ingredients, in particular rapeseed, the bloc's food industry association warns in a position paper.

4/5/06 Kota Kinabalu (Sabah Daily Express) - Science Advisor to the Chief Minister Datuk Tham Nyip Shen said the Federal Government should take a proactive approach by going to the ground and approaching the industry players that employ foreign workers, in ensuring that all are registered.

2/5/06 LONG ALONGO, Indonesia (New York Times ) For as long as anyone can remember, Anyie Apoui and his people have lived among the majestic trees and churning rivers in an untouched corner of Borneo, catching fish and wild game, cultivating rice and making do without roads. But all that is about to change.

Chennai 28/4/05 (Business LIne) - The Union Government on Friday raised the tariff values for palm group of oils by $7 a tonne, while keeping that of crude soyabean oil unchanged. On April 17, it had cut the values for the palm group of oils by $10 and that of soya oil by $4.

1/5/06 (The Star) - LOCAL plantation companies, particularly those with huge investments in palm-based biodiesel projects, are eagerly awaiting the biodiesel bill to be passed by the Parliament next month.

1/5/06 (The Star) - WHILE the focus on palm-based biodiesel remains intact, the National Smallholders Association (NASH) has formed a joint venture with an Indian company to set up Malaysia's first Jetropha Curcus (JC)-based biodiesel processing and refining plant.