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17-10-2013
VEGOILS-Palm Hits 5-Wk High on Robust Exports, Investors Turn Bullish on End-Stocks
17/10/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures climbed to their highest level in more than five weeks on Wednesday after healthy demand for the tropical oil fuelled hopes that stockpiles would be kept in check despite a seasonal rise in output in the world's top producers.
17-10-2013
Palm Gains First Time in Three Days as Malaysia’s Exports Climb
17/10/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil advanced for the first time in three days after data showed that shipments increased from Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer.
17-10-2013
EPO Shares Soar After Approach From Palm Oil Giant
17/10/2013 (Agrimoney.com) - Shares in Equatorial Palm Oil soared 40% after the palm oil minnow revealed it was in talks over a takeover by Malaysia-based giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong, which would gain a foothold in Africa through a deal.
17-10-2013
K 2013: Bio-Based Additives Drive Growth At Emery Oleochemicals
17/10/2013 (Plastics Today) - For a company with plastic additive sales currently in the order of 15% if its $1 billion in annual revenue, Malaysian-based Emery Oleochemicals (8b/A62) has lofty options to transform itself into a major global supplier of lubricants, specialty plasticizers and antistatic agents based on renewable resources.
17-10-2013
Indonesia Struggles To Secure Green Credentials for Palm Oil Industry
17/10/2013 (Radio Australia) - While world leaders hailed the recent APEC summit in Indonesia a success, the host country suffered a setback in its bid to have its lucrative crude palm oil recognised as environmentally friendly.
17-10-2013
Malaysia Keeps Palm Oil Export Tax Unchanged as Shipments Climb
17/10/2013 (Bloomberg) - Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, left the tax on exports of crude palm oil unchanged for a ninth month, helping boost shipments and compete with the biggest supplier Indonesia.
17-10-2013
Farm Deliveries of Sunflowers Impacting Prices
17/10/2013 (Farm and Ranch Guide) - As farmers are cleaning out their bins of 2012 sunflower crop, deliveries to the processing plants have been larger than normal and that has impacted nearby seed prices.
16-10-2013
Palm Oil Is Seen Rallying on Moving Average: Technical Analysis
16/010/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil, the world’s most-consumed cooking oil, is poised to advance as much as 5.2 percent in the next two weeks, according to technical analysis by Commtrendz Risk Management Services Pvt.
16-10-2013
Oil Palm cultivation Successful in Mizoram, Says Committee
16/10/2013 (Mizonews.Net) - The 10th Mizoram Oil Palm Advisory Committee yesterday met here in Aizawl during which a review on cultivation was held.
16-10-2013
PepsiCo Focus of New Campaign To Remove \'Conflict Palm Oil\' from America’s Snack Foods
16/10/2013 (eNews Park Fores) - Today, activists with Rainforest Action Network (RAN) delivered a set of demands to local food giant PepsiCo, Inc. regarding the company’s use of the controversial food additive palm oil in its products. RAN recently announced a new national campaign to remove “Conflict Palm Oil†responsible for rainforest destruction, human rights violations and carbon pollution from America’s snack foods.
16-10-2013
Palm Oil Deal Undermines Efforts To Resolve 25-year Conflict in Sumatra
16/10/2013 (Mongabay.com) - Local groups have called on the governor of Jambi province to cancel PT Asiatic Persada’s permit after Wilmar’s sale of the company stalls IFC-mediated talks.
16-10-2013
Malaysia Keeps Crude Palm Oil Export Tax at 4.5 Pct for November
16/10/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysia, the world's No.2 palm oil producer, has set its crude palm oil export tax for November at 4.5 percent, a government circular showed on Wednesday.