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24/06/2014 (Reuters) - The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets.

24/06/2014 (fnbnews.com) - With the forecast of El Nino developing, there is a likelihood of its impact on the Indian monsoon, and thereby on oilseeds production. India’s dependence on the import of edible oil to meet its requirements is growing, and in case the oilseed crop is affected owing to the poor monsoon, the imports would surge.

24/06/2014 (AllAfrica.com) - Visiting members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) have completed a field visit to Sinoe County, Liberia and have proceeded to Grand Kru County.

24/06/2014 (AllAfrica.com) - Concerning the 20 June 2014 press conference organized by Green Advocates, in which GVL employees were accused of threatening their safety during a recent visit to Sinoe County. While it important to seek and provide accurate information, the allegations are not entirely accurate as presented.

24/06/2014 (Borneo Post) - With the latest acquisition of two parcels of greenfield plantation land measuring a total of 21,674 hectares in Indonesia, CB Industrial Product Holding Bhd (CBIP) is expanding its plantation landbank to further develop its upstream oil palm plantation business.

24/06/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - The edible oils market witnessed a firm trend on Monday on the back of firm futures amid higher physical demand. During the day about 1,500-1,600 tonnes of palmolein, sunflower and soya oil were bought by local stockists, tracking a rebound in Malaysia palm oil and Chicago soya oil futures. Domestic soya oil futures on NCDEX jumped over 1.50 per cent following a bullish undercurrent.

24/06/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - Malaysian palm oil futures on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives ended higher on Monday helped by an upbeat data from China. Energy futures are a nine-month high as an insurgency in Iraq intensifies concerns over a potential disruption to supplies.

24/06/2014 (Mongabay.com) - A Wilmar supplier is allegedly destroying orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, potentially putting it in breach of the plantation giant's zero deforestation policy, reports Greenomics.

24/06/2014 (Wall Street Journal) - Usually the Muslim festival of Ramadan is preceded by higher demand for palm oil, the world’s most widely-used vegetable oil, but this year it is not happening, and soyoil is to blame.

24/06/2014 (Davao Today) - Declining food and water supply, pollution and worsening poverty are possible effects of converting agricultural land in Paquibato to oil palm expansion, an environment group says.

24/06/2014 (Confectionery Production) - Mondelēz has announced that it will revise plans on how it sources palm oil in a bid to address deforestation.

24/06/2014 (FoodNavigator-usa.com) - The packaged food industry has removed roughly three-quarters of the 8 billion pounds of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) that abounded in the marketplace at the heyday of trans fats in 2004-‘05, though a few problem areas and holdouts remain—particularly in the bakery segment amid concerns about viable, sustainable replacements, says Bunge.