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20/06/2010 (Business Times) - Palm oil prices are expected to trend lower in the coming months as oil palm trees are set to produce more fruits in the second half of the year.

20/06/2010 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Crude palm oil (CPO) futures prices on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are likely to see a correction this week, says Interband Group of Companies senior trader Jim Teh.

19/06/2010 (Mongabay.com) - A controversial bill that would have required manufacturers to explicitly label palm oil as an ingredient on food products will not be passed into law.

18/06/2010 (Business Times) - PRICES on the crude palm oil futures contract market ended higher on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives yesterday as traders expected a rainy season to dampen productivity, dealers said.

18/06/2010 (Business Times) - Crude palm oil futures on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to see range-bound trading next week, especially with continuous appreciation of the ringgit, dealers said.

18/06/2010 (Guardian.co.uk) - There has been a really wonderful response to this week's question. Many thanks to those who have contributed so constructively to this seemingly mundane, but surprisingly complex and fraught issue.

17/06/2010 (Bloomberg) — Palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia may increase next year as the La Nina weather pattern, which brings wetter-than-usual weather, boosts productivity, potentially hurting prices, according to OSK Investment Bank Bhd.

16/06/2010 (The New York Times), Bodo, Nigeria - Big oil spills are no longer news in this vast, tropical land. The Niger Delta, where the wealth underground is out of all proportion with the poverty on the surface, has endured the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez spill every year for 50 years by some estimates. The oil pours out nearly every week, and some swamps are long since lifeless.

16/06/2010 (Guttridge) - A sustainable variation of palm oil that has been created for British bakers could lead increased business for rapeseed oil producers.

16/06/2010 (Renewable Energy), Honolulu, United States - The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Hawaiian Electric Company's plan to test biofuel blends in a 90-megawatt (MW) steam turbine generating unit at Kahe Power Plant that presently runs on low sulfur fuel oil (LSFO).

16/06/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil had the best advance in more than three weeks as crude oil extended a rally in Asian trading, lifting the appeal of the vegetable oil as a source of alternative fuel.

15/06/2010 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil exports from Malaysia, the world’s second-largest producer, climbed 1 percent in the first 15 days of June, led by Chinese orders, according to market surveyor Intertek.