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28/09/06 (The Edge News) - South Korea is beating Japan and China in its push into the emerging biodiesel industry thanks to a government mandate that has opened a small but expanding market for the green fuel from Southeast Asia.

26/9/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: The decline in oil prices will benefit airlines but could adversely affect biodiesel ventures by commodity-based companies, analysts said.

27/9/06 (CBS) Three years after New York City banned smoking in restaurants, city health officials are talking about a new rule for its 24,600 food service establishments: dramatic restrictions on the use of artificial trans fatty acids.

27/9/06 (The Guardian) - The reputation of the "green" power sector was badly dented today when Biofuels admitted it had been forced to halt deliveries due to another bout of technical problems at a new plant.

26/9/06 (Rueters) MUMBAI - Bio-diesel projects will not be hit by the fall in crude oil prices as investors feel the current dip is temporary and prices will bounce back, a senior Indonesian trade official said on Monday.

27/9/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: The premium valuation of plantation stocks at present reflects the potential of the biodiesel industry, analysts said.

25/9/06 (AP) - GENEVA Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, has a secret ingredient for rescuing the suspended global trade talks - the renewable energy sources known as biofuels.

26/9/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - The government is setting aside a total of Rp 13 trillion (US$1.4 billion) and nearly 500,000 hectares of land for the development of the country's fledgling biofuel industry next year.

24/9/06 MUMBAI (Reuters) - Malaysia's palm oil exports to India are likely to fall to 500,000 tonnes in 2006 from 650,000 tonnes a year ago, despite am import duty cut, a top Malaysian trade official said Sunday.

23/9/06 (Bloomberg) -- Malaysia will ensure adequate supply of palm oil for use in cooking, the country's Minister for Plantation Industries and Commodities Peter Chin Fah Kui said

24/9/06 MUMBAI (Reuters) - Palm and soy oil prices are expected to rise in coming months as the world's appetite for "green" fuel grows and a greater quantity of oils is diverted to meet energy demand, a top industry analyst said on Sunday.

20/9/06KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia is looking to biodiesel to help boost demand for its palm oil, a top industry official said, amid intense competition with rival Indonesia to sell the commodity to India, a major edible oil consumer.