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The steady increase in palm oil production will inevitably increase palm oil mill effluent (POME) as an inevitable by-product that causes serious environmental damage if discharged directly into the environment. This is mainly due to its high concentration of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), which has a high organic compound content.

REA Holdings shares fell after the company said gains from the rising price of palm oil would be limited by charges imposed by the Indonesian government.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 - Malaysian palm oil futures rose on Monday, underpinned by forecasts for a lower November palm stockpile, although gains were capped by weaker soyoil prices.

SINGAPORE: Palm oil may rise into a range of 3,474-3,504 ringgit per tonne, as it has cleared a resistance at 3,426 ringgit.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell 1pc on Monday, retreating from an 8-1/2-year high hit earlier in the session, on profit-taking and weaker CBOT soybean oil, although forecasts for lower November production limited losses.

India's sunflower oil imports are expected to a hit five-year low in the 2020-21 marketing season to 30 October, reflecting tight global supply, high prices and strong competition from other vegetable oils, according to the Mumbai-based Sunvin Group consultancy.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (Reuters) - Speculators shed some more optimism in Chicago-traded grains and oilseeds last week as weather conditions improved for crops in South America, but the selling was much lighter than trade estimates had suggested.

Rapeseed production in the European Union and Britain could reach 18.2 million tonnes in 2021/22 in a slight rebound from a very low 17.2 million tonnes this year, consultancy Strategie Grains said in its initial projection for the next harvest.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures inched higher on Tuesday, regaining some ground lost in the previous session, as estimates of lower December production underpinned the market.

TOKYO -- Nine Japanese makers have declared that by the end of the year, all palm oil they use will be certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, as international criticism against poor environmental practices at plantations and producers continues to grow.

JAKARTA: The Indonesian government has raised the export levy on crude palm oil to $180/mt from $55/mt earlier, with effect from Dec. 10, according to a finance ministry document seen by S&P Global Platts.