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4/7/06 (The Edge News) - Plantation stocks lifted the market at midday sparked by the surge in crude palm oil futures prices led by the increase in demand from China and firmer soy prices in Chica

30/6/06 (New Kerala) - New Delhi: Government today increased the base import price for crude palm oil by four dollar to 424 dollar per tonne while lowered the base price for crude soyabean oil by 13 dollar to 529 dollar.

29/6/06 (Sun Star) - KORONADAL CITY -- The City Government here plans to develop new road networks leading to several upland villages to facilitate the ongoing expansion of oil palm plantations in the area.

3/7/06 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysia has suspended giving new licenses for biodiesel production projects amid concerns that an excess of projects could deprive the food market of palm oil, widely used in cooking, a report said Monday

2/7/06 (Reuters) - PARIS: Record high oil prices have propelled biofuels from niche player to the multi-billions dollar commodity mainstream, causing an explosion in new ventures and investor interest that has fired up global agricultural markets.

27/6/06 (The Star) - PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's stagnating palm oil yields and oil extraction rate (OER) must be addressed immediately, said Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council chief executive officer Tan Sri Yusof Basiron.

26/6/06 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The Malaysian government urged oil palm plantation companies Monday to plant rubber trees to capitalize on soaring rubber prices, which are currently trading at a 20-year high.

3/7/06 (Reuters) SINGAPORE - Wilmar Holdings Pte. Ltd. will build Indonesia's first biodiesel plant by 2007, though another plant planned in Singapore for this year has been put on hold, the company said on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, JUNE 29,2006 -The Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) will be hosting a Talk on Biodiesel at The National Planetarium in Jalan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur this Saturday (July 1, 2006} .

BANTING, June 27 (Bernama) -- Golden Hope Plantations Bhd has started the country's first commercial production of biodiesel at its plant in Teluk Panglima Garang with the capacity to produce 30,000 tonnes of renewable energy supply annually.

30/6/06 (soyatech.com) - Although eating oily fish is widely recognized to have beneficial effects on human health - including a reduced risk of coronary heart disease - most people in the U.K. do not eat enough of it. Now, in order to increase the consumption of the healthy n-3 polyunsaturated fats found in oily fish, scientists at the University of Reading are suggesting the possibility of 'enriching' foods that we eat more commonly, such as meat and poultry, with these healthy fats.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 (Bernama) -- Rimbunan Sawit Bhd, which was listed Wednesday on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia, will invest in enhancing its plantation facilities to increase production.