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08/03/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rose to a 17-month peak on Friday, with prices boosted by a combination of gains in comparative oils and expectations that dry weather may hurt production.

08/03/2014 (NASDAQ) - Neste Oil has published its Sustainability Report for 2013, which contains the results of the Neste Oil Sustainable Way program last year.

08/03/2014 (Biofuels International) - Malaysia, the second largest palm oil producer after Indonesia, hopes to enhance biofuel consumption to help prices of palm oil.

08/03/2014 (Biofuels International) - The Indonesian government is planning to propose a new provision that will fix biofuel prices for an imperative biofuel blending programme.

08/03/2014 (The Star) - Malaysia is expected to launch its national sustainable palm oil certification standard next month.

08/03/2014 (Borneo Post) - The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) calls for industry players to continue supporting the government’s plan to continue planting oil palm on areas allocated for oil palm development.

08/03/2014 (Business Recorder) - Four ships arrived at port to load/offlaod containers at QICT, palm oil at LCT on Friday.

08/03/2014 (Business Recorder) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

07/03/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures rallied to end at a 17-month high on Thursday, following a recovery in China and U.S. soy markets, while unfavourable crop weather in Southeast Asia continued to underpin prices.

07/03/2014 (Bloomberg) - Indonesia should keep more resources such as natural gas at home to bolster its domestic industries, according to Aburizal Bakrie, who rates himself the favorite to win a presidential election to be held in July.

07/03/2014 (UkrAgroConsult) - A bottoming out of sunflower seed and oil prices could be on the horizon as the current political crisis in Ukraine may cast a level of doubt over its exporting volumes. Although initial reports suggest the gains and oilseeds industry has been unaffected so far, the situation remains volatile and things could change very quickly.

07/03/2014 (Bernama) - Plantation counters hogged the limelight on Bursa Malaysia Securities today recording gains across the board prompted by the bullish price outlook painted by several industry analysts at the Palm and Lauric Oil Conference and Exhibition (POC) 2014 which ended Wednesday.