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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.

21/9/06 (Business Line) - Easing of Malaysian palm oil prices have started impacting local prices. Local refiners have dropped the price of refined palm oil by Rs 2-8 per 10 kg.

21/9/06 (The Star) - BEIJING: Bursa Malaysia is considering launching a dollar-denominated palm oil futures contract as early as next year to head off potential competition from a rival backed by the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), a senior exchange official said yesterda

23/9/06 (Busines Line) - MUMBAI: Godrej Agrovet Ltd (GAVL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with IJM Plantations Berhad of Malaysia on Saturday to float a new joint venture company that will initially make an investment of Rs 200 crore in the Indian oil palm sector.

19/9/06 (The Star) - MIRI: Malaysia’s ecomat - an environmentally friendly oil palm by-product that has proven effective in halting the spread of deserts in China - has drawn keen interest from Libya and Lebanon.