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25/02/2010 (TCE Today) - A UK BIOFUEL plant has been refused planning permission over worries that the palm oil powering it would increase deforestation abroad.

25/02/2010 (Flex News Food) - Sime Darby Berhad reported a pre-tax profit of RM1.8 billion for the first half of FY2009/10, an increase of 7% over the same period in the previous financial year.

25/02/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil futures pared earlier gains to trade little changed after the dollar rose against the euro on concern about Greece’s credit rating and exports from Malaysia declined.

25/02/2010 (The Jakarta Post), Nusa Dua - The Environment Ministry has issued another warning against palm oil companies that have failed to abide by the environmental standards set under the compliance instrument of the Environmental Performance Rating Program (Proper).

24/02/2010 (Rediff Business) - Indian vegetable oil industry consists of 15,000 oil mills, 600 solvent extraction units, 600 vegetable oil refineries and 250 vanaspati units spread across the country crushing / processing oilseeds, oilcakes, rice bran & processing vegetable oils.

24/02/2009 (BBC News) - An application to build a biofuel power station at Avonmouth, capable of powering 25,000 homes, has been refused by city councillors.

24/02/2010 (Eco Razzi) - Consumer product titan Unilever has advised suppliers to stop sourcing palm oil from Indonesian planter, Duta Palma, after an undercover BBC documentary showed the firm allegedly destroying areas of a protected rainforest. This move comes just months after Unilever suspended future purchases from another Indonesian palm oil supplier, PT Smart, for similar reasons.

24/02/2010 (Mongabay.com) - Unilever has told Indonesian suppliers to stop sourcing palm oil from Duta Palma due to concerns over deforestation, reports Reuters.

24/02/2010 (IB Times) - Narborough Plantations saw revenue fall nearly 30% in 2009 following a second-half drop in crude palm oil prices.

24/02/2010 (The Malaysian Insider), Jakarta – Malaysia’s palm oil futures edged down by Wednesday midday, easing further from a 6-½ week peak hit a day before as investors do not want to take positions ahead of Thursday’s release of Feb.1-25 palm oil exports, traders said.

24/02/2010 (Reuters) - Consumer goods giant Unilever has told dealers not to source palm oil from Indonesian planter Duta Palma on concerns over rainforest destruction, an Indonesian industry official said on Wednesday.

23/02/2010 (Mongabay.com) - Indonesia will not allow the conversion of natural forest for oil palm plantations, claimed the country's Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan in comments reported by the Jakarta Post.