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26/06/2015 (Jakarta Post) - Publicly listed palm oil producer PT Eagle High Plantation will build two new palm oil mills in West Kalimantan and Papua as part of plans to double its crude palm oil (CPO) production within five years.

23/06/2015 (Reuter) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Tuesday June 23.

23/06/2015 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures eased in thin trade on Monday as the ringgit gained and lacklustre exports in the first 20 days of the month signalled dwindling demand for the edible oil.

23/06/2015 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended lower on Monday as lacklustre exports in the first 20 days of the month signalled dwindling demand for the edible oil. Exports of Malaysian palm products for June 1-20 inched up 0.4 per cent to 1,074,410 tonnes from 1,070,282 tonnes a month before, a report from cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services showed, as India and China demand dwindles.

23/06/2015 (Business in Cameroon) - Raffinerie Pacific is the new palm oil refinery recently opened in Cameroon with an initial capital of 100 million FCFA.

22/06/2015 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

22/06/2015 (Bernama) - The crude palm oil (CPO) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to hover lower between RM2,150 and RM2,200 next week due to softer commodity prices and weaker demand for the edible oil.

22/06/2015 (Bernama) - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today had much good news for the 32,238 smalllholders registered with the Rubber Industries Smallholders Development Authority (RISDA).

22/06/2015 (Reuters) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

22/06/2015 (Scoop.co.nz) - Wellington Zoo will deliver thousands of postcards to Food Safety Minister Hon Jo Goodhew asking government representatives in New Zealand and Australia to demand clear labelling of vegetable oils on all food products through the Unmask Palm Oil campaign.

22/06/2015 (Malaya) - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has justified the country’s bid to clinch a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) comprising Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, saying this will widen the country’s access to trade and investments to these rich countries.

22/06/2015 (Reuters) - In the good old decades, many Asian governments could stick to a simple economic strategy - ramp up exports, and reap solid growth rates.