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28/4/06 Kota Kinabalu (Sabah Daily Express) - Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) Sabah Sdn Bhd estimates that the palm oil produced in Sabah (5.33 million tonnes in 2005) has potential of generating up to RM100 billion in economic value if its downstream potentials are fully exploited.

30/4/05 (The Star) - FELCRA Bhd, a low-profile plantation-based government-linked company (GLC), is playing catch-up with its more prominent peers the Felda Group, Golden Hope Plantations Bhd (GHope) and Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd.

1/5/06 (The Star) - AS a biodiesel player with the highest number of confirmed biodiesel plants in Malaysia, Golden Hope Plantations Bhd no doubt wants to see a speedier implementation of the Biodiesel Act.

29/4/06 JAKARTA, (UPI) -- China is planning $7 billion in investments in Indonesia that will bring jobs and modern amenities, but at significant environmental cost.

26/4/06 (Sabah Daily Express) - Tradewinds Plantation Bhd plans to invest about RM100 million to acquire some 20,000ha of oil palm plantation in Indonesia to boost its presence there, its managing director Radzuan A Rahman said.

KOTA KINABALU, April 29 (Bernama) -- Sabah is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India's pulp and paper giant, Ballapur Industries Ltd, next month for a joint venture in the state.

28/4/06 (Business Times) - PLANTATION group Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd, which is 73.5 per cent owned by Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), will spend RM109 million on planting and expansion activities this year.

1/5/06 FARIDABAD (India): Indians know better than to eat the plum-sized fruit of the wild jatropha bush. Its poisonous enough to kill.

KUALA TERENGGANU, April 23 (Bernama) -- The awareness on the benefits of palm oil among Malaysians are disappointing though the country is the world's biggest producer of the commod

(Food Business Review.com) 20/4/06 - Malaysian officials have warned that prices of palm oil could increase by as much as 5% if demand in Europe continues to rise.

20/4/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--The palm oil industry isn't concerned about a recent buildup in inventories, as it isn't an accurate reflection of demand, which is strong, a top Malaysian industry official said Thursday.

23/4/05 ( International Herald Tribune) - KUALA LUMPUR IOI, Malaysia's largest oil-palm plantation company, said it will increase profit in the year ending June 2007 as stronger demand for biodiesel bolsters palm oil prices.