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26/09/2013 (4-Trader) - Company Exceeds Goal of Purchasing Certified Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015 and Launches New Responsible Sourcing Principles

26/09/2013 (SmallCap Network) - New Colombia Resources, Inc. (OTCQB: NEWC) (New Colombia or the Company) announces they will import 2000 hybrid African oil palm supergene seeds from Malaysia and plant them at a palm plantation in Bolivar, Colombia from October 5-24. New Colombias corporate objective is to exploit fossil and renewable resources in Colombia such as metallurgical coal, palm oil, and organic coffee. Colombia is the 4th largest exporter of coal in the world, the 5th largest producer of palm oil, and the 4th largest producer of coffee.

26/09/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - The edible oils market turned weak on Thursday, tracking bearish futures market. A clear weather in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra also increased hopes of timely arrivals of kharif oilseeds cropin the market.

25/09/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures reversed early gains to end down on Tuesday amid forecasts that competing oilseed supplies would soon flood the market, although a weak ringgit checked losses.

25/09/2013 (Afrique en Ligue) - Oil palm supply Nigeria - RSPO builds capacity among stakeholders - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Africa Roadshow in Nigeria, a two-day event,was an awareness raising and capacity building programme which was implemented by an alliance of partners, viz: Solidaridad West Africa and Proforest Initiative (UK) and the support was provided by RSPO-Nigeria National Interpretation Initiative.

25/09/2013 (Business Recorder) - Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

25/09/2013 (The Star) - Property developer Land & General Bhd (L&G), which has ventured into plantations, is expected to face queries from the Minority Shareholder Watchdog Group (MSWG) at a shareholders meeting on Wednesday.

25/09/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) last week launched with a big bang what it called an innovative financing concept to help oil palm smallholders improve their productivity through a management linkage with plantation companies.

25/09/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - Following months of latent tension between Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) and citizens in district four of Grand Bassa County, government has restored calmed, Justice Minister Christiana Tah has disclosed.

24/09/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Monday as the ringgit weakened, after falling earlier in the day to their lowest in more than a month on predictions that rising output of the tropical oil could drag prices to new lows in early 2014.

24/09/2013 (The Star) - Journalists from France and Belgium visited the United Plantations’ Jenderata Estate here to learn how Malaysian oil palm plantations are run.

24/09/2013 (Confectionery Production) - Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has announced a new national campaign that aims to remove “Conflict Palm Oil” from America’s snack foods by convincing major food companies to implement responsible palm oil policies.