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24/07/2015 (Bloomberg) - The ringgit fell the most in more than two weeks as a decline in commodity prices erodes the outlook for Malaysia’s export earnings.

24/07/2015 (Reuters) - Indian soybean futures fell for a fourth straight session on Thursday to hit their lowest in more than seven months on sluggish export demand for soymeal and as rainfall in key growing areas boosted expectations of a bumper crop.

24/07/2015 (GreenBiz) - What do soap, Ben & Jerry’s and Kit Kat bars have in common? They all contain palm oil — produced by the oil palm tree.

24/07/2015 (GhanaWeb) - The Head of Corporate Affairs, Unilever Ghana, Mr. Gabriel Opoku-Asare, has described the palm oil sub-sector as the next “gold” sector for the country if all key stakeholders collaborate to grow the sub-sector to meet the increasing global demand for sustainable palm oil.

24/07/2015 (VietNamNet Bridge) - On June 26 the Kinh Do Corporation held its annual general meeting, in which it announced a change of name to Kido and also signed a memorandum of understanding with Felda Global Ventures (FGV) - one of the largest corporations in cultivating and producing palm oil. The confectioner is now planning to build a joint venture in the cooking oil industry.

23/07/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

23/07/2015 (Reuters) - The Karachi Port handled 247,353 tonnes of cargo comprising 214,283 tonnes of import cargo and 33,070 tonnes of export cargo including 5,383 loaded and empty containers during the last 48 hours ending at 0700 hours on Wednesday. The total import cargo of 214,283 tonnes comprised of 87,063 tonnes of containerised cargo; 25,328 tonnes of general cargo; 85,264 tonnes of bulk cargo: 81,485 tonnes of coal; 3,779 tonnes of SB meal and 16,628 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

23/07/2015 (Reuters) - Anti-corruption campaign group Global Witness on Thursday accused palm oil company Golden Veroleum of taking advantage of the Ebola epidemic in Liberia to double the size of its plantation.

23/07/2015 (Bloomberg) - The ringgit fell the most in more than two weeks as a decline in commodity prices erodes the outlook for Malaysia’s export earnings.

23/07/2015 (Reuters) - Russia is considering imposing limits on the use of palm oil in food production, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Wednesday.

23/07/2015 (Greenbiz.com) - What do soap, Ben & Jerry’s and Kit Kat bars have in common? They all contain palm oil — produced by the oil palm tree.

23/07/2015 (Bloomberg) - The ringgit fell the most in more than two weeks as a decline in commodity prices erodes the outlook for Malaysia’s export earnings.