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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

MARKET DEVELOPMENT
23-03-2006

PM Launches

21/3/06 PUTRAJAYA (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tuesday launched the B5 palm oil-based biofuel called "Envo Diesel", expressing the hope that it would revolutionise the use of fuel in the country

MARKET DEVELOPMENT
23-03-2006

Indonesia encouraging agriculture investment

20/3/06 (Bloomberg News) -- JAKARTA Indonesia could give tax breaks to help attract overseas investment in its oil palm plantations, cocoa and other agricultural products, a government official has said.

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