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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) -- A truly Asean venture in producing fibre from palm oil waste, combining the resources of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand is fast gaining prominence as more firms not only signal their intent to join the bandwagon, but Australia has even opened its market for the finished products.

11/8/06 (PTI) New Delhi - The Government today cut customs duty on crude palmolein from 80 per cent to 70 per cent.

13/8/06 (The Hindu) Chennai - Despite the Centre cutting the Customs duty on palm group of oils by 10 percentage points on Friday, edible oil prices are likely to rule firm at least until November.

16/8/06 (NSTP) PASIR GUDANG: Malaysia has the potential to become a frontline researcher in biodiesel products with the setting up of a biofuel hub in Tanjung Langsat.

13 Aug 2006 (NSTP) - NOTHING quite like this has happened to the palm oil industry before.

14/8/06 (The Edge News) - CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd (CBIP) subsidiary, Modipalm Engineering Sdn Bhd, has been awarded two contracts totalling RM70.4 million from Felda Palm Industries Sdn Bhd.

JOHOR BAHARU, Aug 15 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Tuesday stressed that he is fully committed to ensure that all plans under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP), including the Southern Johor Economic Region, will be implemented successfully.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 (Bernama) -- The future prospects for palm oil will continue to be bright, owing to the increasing demand for oils and fats from growing population and the production of biodiesel, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said Thursday.

SIBU, Aug 10 (Bernama) -- Selangor- based company, Biotech Alliance International (BAI) is offering palm oil companies its system to deal with mill wastes.

KLANG, Aug 5 (Bernama) -- Golden Hope Plantations Bhd expects to produce close to 400,000 tonnes of biodiesel by 2008, said its group chief executive, Datuk Sabri Ahmad Satu

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 9 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's rich environmental heritage has great economic potential to serve as a renewable resource for the biotechnology industry, said head of the European Union Commission delegation to Malaysia, Thierry Rommel.

JAKARTA, Aug 10 (Bernama) -- Indonesia wants to synergise with Malaysia to develop and market bio energy since both countries account for 90 percent of the world's palm oil output, says Indonesia's minister for state-owned enterprises, Sugiharto.