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24/08/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up on Tuesday, coming off a more than one-week low hit earlier as higher overseas sales underpinned prices.

24/08/2016 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of small-scale palm oil farmers in Indonesia have won the right to export their crop with certification from a global sustainability body, boosting their chances of raising profits and incomes, an industry umbrella group said on Tuesday.

24/08/2016 (Bernama) - Research and commercialisation of palm based downstream products should be further explored to ensure the commodities sector remains sustainable and competitive in the long run, said Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong.

24/08/2016 (Hindu Business Line) - Food and Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader on Tuesday said that the government is mulling offering a choice to BPL card holders to buy either sunflower or coconut, or palm oil as their monthly ration.

24/08/2016 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm producer IOI Corp posted a quarterly net loss on Tuesday, hurt by foreign exchange losses and lower revenue following the brief suspension of its sustainability certificate by the industry watchdog.

24/08/2016 (Borneo Post) - Sustainability of progress in development should be the common goal of all three entities relevant to the plantation industry – particularly in the oil palm and tree plantation sectors – government, industry and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

24/08/2016 (Jakarta Post) - Malaysia is a “lone ranger” in Southeast Asia as it fights more or less solo against the majority of environmentalists’ views that palm oil trees should not be planted on tropical peatland as it is believed to severely affect the local environment and exacerbate global warming.

24/08/2016 (The Star) - CIMB Equities Research expects Sime Darby to deliver stronger earnings in FY17, starting July 1, 2016, due to higher crude palm oil (CPO) price and contribution from the UK property Battersea project.

23/08/2016 (Business Standard) - Amid pick up in demand from retailers and restricted arrivals from producing belts, groundnut oil prices rose by Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today.

23/08/2016 (Business Standard) - Crude palm oil prices drifted lower by 0.94% to Rs 557.60 per 10 kg in futures market today as speculators booked profits at prevailing higher levels amid easing demand in spot market against adequate stocks position.

23/08/2016 (Astro Awani) - Crude palm oil (CPO) prices may rise to RM3,000 per tonne next year on the back of an increase in demand, especially from India, Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Nasrun Mansur said.

23/08/2016 (Reuters) – The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.