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23/12/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - A new policy that looks to transform the palm oil industry was recently announced. Asia's leading palm oil producer, Wilmar International, said it has committed to producing only products that are free from links to deforestation and abuse of human rights. Palm oil is a $50-billion a year commodity that is found in half of all consumer goods. It is in chocolate, baked goods, soaps, detergents, and many more household items. The production of it has caused the clearing of tropical forests for plantations, threatening ecological systems as well as forest animals.

23/12/2013 (Bernama) - The Central Terengganu Development Authority (Ketengah) has incurred losses of about RM2 million due to the recent floods after crops from its oil palm plantations could not be collected for processing.

21/12/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Friday as weakness in the ringgit continued to lend support to the palm market, while export data signalled a small recovery in demand for the tropical oil.

21/12/2013 (Reuters) - India is likely to import a record 4 million tonnes of refined palm oil in 2013/14 as Indonesian suppliers are offering discount over the crude variety due to favourable export duty structure, an executive at the country's top edible oil buyer said.

21/12/2013 (Bernama) - Felcra Bhd Friday distributed RM120.8 million in the second interim dividend payout this year to 73,000 participants of its plantation schemes nationwide, ahead of the 2014 schooling session.

21/12/2013 (Bernama) - Achievements in the Malaysia-Indonesia Annual Consultation are of a reflection that it is an important mechanism in raising bilateral ties to a higher level.

21/12/2013 (New Straits Times) - Now is the right time to invest in palm oil derivative products and stocks due to their upside potential, says a futures broker.

21/12/2013 (Business Recorder) - Friday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

20/12/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Thursday, buoyed by a recovery in competing soy markets overseas, and as investors covered short positions in anticipation of a further fall in the ringgit.

20/12/2013 (Business Recorder) - The European vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

20/12/2013 (Borneo Post) - DAP expanded its Impian Sarawak initiative by launching an oil palm seedling supply project to farmers in Sebujok, Ulu Undup, Sri Aman.

20/12/2013 (Broadway World) - Lignol Energy Corporation (TSXV: LEC) ("LEC" or the "Company"), a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sectors, announced that further to its press releases dated September 30, 2013 and November 6, 2013, it has completed a A$1,488,000 subscription for secured convertible notes (the "Notes") in Territory Biofuels Limited ("TBF").