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10/06/2014 (Reuters) - Malaysia's derivatives exchange said on Monday it will launch its palm olein futures contract on June 16, though traders said it could face a challenge building up turnover to match the success of its benchmark futures contact.

10/06/2014 (Borneo Post) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will soon make it mandatory for palm oil millers in the state to record the source of fresh fruits bunches (FFB) they buy.

10/06/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - The edible oils market witnessed a mixed trend on Tuesday with groundnut and cotton refined oil gaining ₹10 and ₹1 each on firm reports from Saurashtra. Palmolein increased by ₹3/10 kg on back of higher physical demand amid extended gain in domestic soya oil futures thus encouraging stockists for new commitments. Soyabean, sunflower and rapeseed oil ruled unchanged. Local traders bought nearly 700-800 tonnes of palmolein at ₹553-555 directly from the local refineries. Vikram Global Commodities (P) Ltd, Chennai, quoted ₹600/10 kg for Malaysian super palmolein June delivery. Liberty was quoting palmolein at ₹555, super palmolein ₹570 and soyabean refined oil ₹645 up to July 10. Ruchi was quoting palmolein at ₹553, soyabean refined oil ₹635 and sunflower refined oil ₹640. Allana was quoting palmolein for ₹553/556 ex JNPT/Khapoli, soyabean refined oil ₹637 and sunflower refined oil ₹655.

09/06/2014 (Borneo Post) - Futures crude palm oil (FCPO) for August 2014 contracted as its benchmark contract fell for its third straight week; settling at 2,414 which was down nine points or 0.37 per cent from 2,423 last Friday due to stronger ringgit, weaker soyoil markets and the possibility of bigger stockpiles.

09/06/2014 (The Star) - Public Invest Research has a fair value of RM1.74 for Boustead Plantations, an upstream oil palm plantation company, which is slated for listing on June 26, 2014.

09/06/2014 (AllAfrica.com) - Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) is developing a sustainable palm oil industry in West Africa, at once meeting growing global demand and lifting a nation out of poverty

09/06/2014 (Business Recorder) - The Karachi Port handled 117,170 tonnes of cargo comprising 88,572 tonnes of import cargo and 28,598 tonnes of export cargo including 7,005 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday. The total import cargo of 88,572 tonnes comprised of 60,415 tonnes of containerised cargo; 24,129 tonnes of general cargo and 4,028 tonnes of oil/liquid cargo.

09/06/2014 (Jakarta Globe)- Indonesia has become more resilient when it comes to food security in the last five years, although there is still room for improvements, a top official has said.

09/06/2014 (Bernama) - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will witness the signing of five documents that will further strengthen the existing close bilateral and trade relations between both countries during his second official visit to Turkmenistan beginning Monday.

09/06/2014 (Nigerian Ttibune) - Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State has planted more than 5,000 oil palm seedlings in an effort to boost agriculture.

09/06/2014 (Bernama) - The value of agricultural exports from Peru totaled US$ 1.4 billion in the first four months of 2014, representing a 24.3 percent increase over the same period last year, the country's Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry (Minagri) said.

09/06/2014 (AllAfrica.com) - The production of palm oil will begin in the 6,384 hectares Wilmer Calaro Oil Palm Estate in Mbarakom, Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River in 2016.