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7/6/06 (Reuters) KUALA LUMPUR - Hunger for palm-based biofuel is growing so fast that Malaysia has decided to stop licensing new producers while industry works out how to divide up its raw material between the food and energy sectors.

8/7/06 (The Star) - PETALING JAYA: The spot price of crude palm oil (CPO) is poised to hit the RM1,500-per-tonne mark "soon", given the potential surge in demand as more palm-based biodiesel plants are set to start operations late this year and in 2007.

7/7/06 (The Edge News) - Tawau: Assistant Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Karim Bujang urged operators involved in the palm oil industry to formulate ways and means to reduce pollution to safeguard the environment.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 (Bernama) -- The Government has identified Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) to help channel Malaysia's first-of-its-kind biofuel, envo diesel, said Plantation, Industries and Commodities Ministry Secretary-General, Datuk Dr Michael Dosim Lunjew.

9/7/706 (The Economic Times) - NEW DELHI: The India-ASEAN free trade agreement (FTA), the largest trade pact negotiated by India so far, has run into trouble. Both sides have dug in their heels over key issues, which need to be resolved to kick-start the accord from January 1, '07.

5/7/06 (Ther Edge News) - KNM Group Bhd is acquiring a 90% stake in Virgo Pulse Sdn Bhd group (VPSB), a maker of industrial boilers, for RM27.5 million cash in a strategic partnership deal that will allow it to expand into new industrial sectors such as power, palm oil and biomass.

6/7/06 SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell, the world's top marketer of biofuels, considers using food crops to make biofuels "morally inappropriate" as long as there are people in the world who are starving, an executive said on Thursday.

SINGAPORE, July 7 (Bernama) -- Southeast Asian countries are well-placed to tap into the biofuel potentials as they have rich biomass assets that can be turned into fuel, according to an expert on fuels technology.

30/6/06 (Bernama ) - THE Cabinet Committee on the Competitiveness of the Palm Oil Industry has decided for the Government to temporarily stop issuing new manufacturing licences for biodiesel production with immediate effect.

4/7/06 JAKARTA (Business Times) - Indonesia plans to boost output of palm oil, sugar cane and vegetable oils used in making biofuels that will help the nation reduce the use of petroleum products, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said in an interview.

6/7/06 (Reuters) - NEW DELHI: Edible oil imports by India, the world's leading buyer, is set to drop by about half a million tonnes in the year ending October thanks to higher domestic availability, trade officials said yesterday.

5/7/06 (Angolapress) YANGON - Myanmar has established its first modern palm oil refinery plant here to help meet local edible oil demand, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Wednesday.