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06/04/2017 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices were up by 1.50 per cent to Rs 506.50 per 10 kg in futures trade today as traders created fresh positions, supported by pick-up in demand at the spot market.

06/04/2017 (Biofuels International Magazine) - Renewable diesel supplier Neste has published information about all of its crude palm oil suppliers on its website. The data provided covers the palm oil supply chain used by Neste, including all companies, mills and estates involved.

06/04/2017 (Biofuels International Magazine) - Scientists in the US have shown that sugarcane can be genetically engineered to produce oil in its leaves and stems for biodiesel production.

05/04/2017 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

05/04/2017 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures hit a near six-month low on Tuesday, tracking rival soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade which fell nearly 1 percent overnight, and ahead of the release of official output and export data next week.

05/04/2017 (Guardian) - MEPs have voted overwhelmingly to ban biofuels made from vegetable oils including palm oil by 2020, to prevent the EU’s renewable transport targets from inadvertently contributing to deforestation.

05/04/2017 (Associated Press of Pakistan) - Two ships NYK Furano and Bottiglieri Ambition carrying containers and Canola Seeds were allotted berths at Qasim International Container Terminal and Grain and Fertilizer Terminal respectively on Sunday. Meanwhile two more ships ‘Jazan’ and ‘Aeo Los’ with Containers and Coal also arrived at outer anchorage of Port Qasim (PQ) during last 24 hours.

05/04/2017 (The Star) - RHB Research Institute has maintained its “buy” call on Jaya Tiasa but lowered its sum-of-parts-based target price to RM1.53 as it expect plantation valuations to moderate during crude palm oil (CPO) price downtrends.

05/04/2017 (BusinessGhana) - A programme to promote the uptake of sustainability best practices in forestry and agricultural commodity supply chains in West Africa has taken off.

04/04/2017 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

04/04/2017 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures were up on Monday, rising from a near six-month low and snapping two sessions of losses as they gained strength from rival oilseed soy and a weaker production outlook.

04/04/2017 (Daily Times) - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation general increased by 4.9% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in March 2017 compared to an increase of 4.2% in the previous month, reported the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday.