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12/12/2006 (NSTP) - FOREIGN non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are carrying out a smear campaign against Malaysia's palm oil. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said they claimed that the nation had a bad record in forest management.

12 December 2006 ( people.com) - Indonesia's state-run oil firm Pertamina has recently launched high-octane biofuel after the successful introduction of biodiesel and bio-gasoline earlier this year, a report said Tuesday.

10/12/2006 ( biopact.com) - The world's two leading palm oil producing countries, Malaysia and Indonesia, have expressed their hopes of exporting more of their products as energy feedstocks for power and fuel to Europe.

10/12/2006, Singapore ( rawstory.com)- The Singapore-based commodities exchange Jade plans to launch its crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract by the first quarter of 2007 after the festival season, officials said in a report published Monday.

Performance of the Malaysian Palm Oil Industry, November, 2006

PADANG, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- Some Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil businessmen were reported to have reached an agreement to overcome problems which may hamper palm oil development in the world, Antara news agency reported Sunday.

CHICAGO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The launch of crude palm oil futures on the Singapore-based electronic trading platform JADE has been delayed until early next year, the Chicago Board of Trade, a partner in the project, said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm-oil and property firm IOI Corp Bhd has agreed to buy two unlisted downstream palm-oil firms for 423 million ringgit ($120 million), IOI said on Thursday.

7/12/06 NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - India's 2006-2007 (November-October) palm oil imports should be sharply higher than the previous year, boosted by an expected duty cut, Dorab Mistry, a leading palm oil analyst, said on Thursday.

8/12/06 (AFP)-- Indonesia is aiming to overtake Malaysia as the world's largest producer of palm oil by 2008, Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Dec. 7. "In 2008, our palm oil production should be number one," Kalla said. He said Indonesia was currently the second largest producer after Malaysia although it had a much larger area for plantations. The two countries account for 85% of world production.

4/12/06 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Expansion of palm oil industry -- which many hope will provide the fuel of the future -- must be sustainable, environmentally-friendly and protect local communities, Malaysia's deputy prime minister said in a speech Tuesday.

5/12/06 (The Star) KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has launched a RM20mil Palm Oil Wildlife Conservation Fund to promote ideas and proposals to enhance biodiversity linked to palm oil production worldwide.