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27/03/2012 (The Star) - Another uphill task for palm oil now involves the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent decision to deny the commodity access to America's biofuel market.

27/03/2012 (Bloomberg) - PT Astra Agro Lestari, Indonesia’s biggest plantation stock by market value, sold 4,000 tons of 9,000 tons of palm oil it offered at an auction in Jakarta.

27/03/2012 (Bernama) - FELDA's revenue from the export of palm oil will not be affected, should the government stop importing crude oil from Iran.

27/03/2012 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains to a one-year high on Monday as strong exports data and drought woes in soy-producing South America boosted investor sentiment.

27/03/2012 (Reuters) - Indonesian palm oil firm, Bumitama Agri Ltd, filed for an initial public offering in Singapore, in a listing expected to raise as much as S$222 million ($175.8 million), a source said.

27/03/2012 (Business Recorder) - Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains to a new nine-month high on Monday as strong exports data and drought woes in soy-producingSouth Americaboosted investor sentiment.

27/03/2012 (AZoCleantech) - Oil Palm Biomass Center (OPBC), a public-private partnership, has been opened in Malaysia to benefit the economy and climate. The consortium includes collaboration of 18 partners from global industries and technical universities to develop, test and optimize innovative upstream and downstream technologies for application of oil palm biomass.

27/03/2012 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia is set to become the world’s largest palm oil producer in the near future, driven by increased production of locally certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) and a higher number of local palm oil producers taking part in the sustainable certification scheme, an international multi-stakeholder certification body says.

27/03/2012 (Malaysian Reserve) - Agensi Innovasi Malaysia (AIM) is optimistic that the palm oil sector's contribution to the national gross domestic product (GDP) can be doubled from RM30 billion to RM60 billion by 2020.

27/03/2012 (Business Times) - CB Industrial Product Holdings Bhd (CBIP) has announced that it has received a letter of award from Syarikat Ladang Sungai Terah Sdn Bhd (a subsidiary of Kumpulan Perladangan PKINK Bhd) worth RM44.66 million.

27/03/2012 (Lanka Business Online) - The Indonesian trade ministry said it will raise the export tax on crude palm oil (CPO) to 18 per cent in April from 16.5 per cent at present.

27/03/2012 (The Star) - The palm oil industry generates a fair amount of biomass, which the Government feels should be put to better use rather than just be left in the field as fertiliser.