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11/04/2011 (CTRV) - The Cameroon oil Palm Growers Union is proposing a new action plan intended to boost palm oil production in Cameroon.

11/04/2011 (Helsingin Sanomat) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) organisation has suspended the granting of new certificates to the Malaysian company IOI, which is an important supplier of palm oil for the Finnish Neste Oil. The palm oil is used by Neste to produce biological diesel fuel.

11/04/2011 (MMD Newswire) - The World Bank Group today announced the adoption of a World Bank Group Framework and IFC Strategy to guide future engagement in the global palm oil sector. The new framework and strategy were developed following extensive consultations with a wide range of stakeholders including environmental and social NGOs, farmers, indigenous communities, private sector companies, and governments.

11/04/2011 (ISIS) - Malaysia's oleochemicals prices may continue to fall as March stockpiles of feedstock crude palm oil may have reached 1.60m-1.65m tonnes - the highest monthly volume recorded so far this year, industry sources said on Friday.

11/04/2011 (The Star) - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives may come under selling pressure this week.

February's exports strengthened 10.7 per cent from a lacklustre 3 per cent rise in January; analysts believe this could be due to increased demand for Malaysian goods from China.

08/04/2011 (The Star) - IOI Corp Bhd\'s brush with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is not expected to affect the group\'s operations for now as it will merely delay the certification of new estates.

08/04/2011 (The Star) - IOI Corp Bhd's brush with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is not expected to affect the group's operations for now as it will merely delay the certification of new estates.

08/04/2011 (Live Trading News) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) announced the launch of “The Oil Palm.” This new portal will share with the online community the truth about palm oil, its important role in a healthy planet and societal advancement.

Tate & Lyle Food Systems offers palm-oil free stabiliser systems for a range of product applications.

08/04/2011 (Jakarta Post) - The World Bank’s (WB) recent decision to lift an 18-month moratorium on lending for new palm oil investments indicated a change in the poverty-fighting institution’s perception of palm oil plantations, often accused of causing environmental problems, local palm oil producers said.

08/04/2011 (The Star) - More skilled workers are needed in the plantation industries so as to boost production.