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27/11/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Leading agri-commodity bourse NCDEX today re-launched crude palm oil (CPO) futures contract.

27/11/2013 (Reuters) - Indian oilseeds and soyoil futures eased on Tuesday on a stronger rupee, losses in overseas markets and concerns that exports of soymeal to Iran may drop following a deal between Tehran and six world powers to curb the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme.

27/11/2013 (Platts) - The European Biodiesel Board, a major group of biodiesel producers, hailed on Tuesday a decision by the European Commission to slap definitive antidumping duties against what it called "unfair imports" of soybean- and palm oil-based biofuels from Argentina and Indonesia.

27/11/2013 (Indonesia Investments) -Indonesia's biodiesel consumption has risen considerably during the last three months after the Indonesian government raised the mandatory amount of palm oil (fatty acid methyl ester) blended in biodiesel from 7.5 percent to 10 percent. For power plants that use biodiesel the amount has been increased to 20 percent. Biodiesel consumption in Southeast Asia's largest economy jumped from 57,871 kiloliters in August 2013 to 101,857 kiloliters in September and to 116,281 kiloliters in October.

28/11/2013 (Bernama) - Keck Seng (Malaysia) Bhd posted a higher pre-tax profit of RM48.77 million in the third quarter ending Sept 30, 2013, from RM17.43 million in the same period last year.

27/11/2013 (Business Recorder) - Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

27/11/2013 (Bernama) - Jaya Tiasa Holdings Bhd, which aims to be Malaysia's leading producer of renewable and sustainable quality oil palm and wood-based products, is in the process of setting up two new palm oil mills in its plantation areas.

27/11/2013 (Mongabay.com) - A controversial palm oil project set in the West African rainforest in Cameroon has won a three-year provisional lease to convert 20,000 hectares of land for plantations. The project, which is run by U.S.-based Herakles Farms, has been heavily opposed by environmental groups who say it will destroy blocks of wildlife-rich forest.

26/11/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Monday, reversing morning gains, after growers' estimates sparked concerns that output in the world's No.2 producer may have risen in November and could overwhelm demand.

26/11/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil dropped for a second day on speculation that output in Malaysia is poised to climb this month, adding to the highest stockpiles in six months in the world’s second-biggest producer.

26/11/2013 (Business Recorder) - Monday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1700 GMT.

26/11/2013 (Reuters) - Palm oil output in Indonesia will grow by up to 6 percent to 28.5 million tonnes next year, an industry group in the top producer said on Monday, and global prices should also rise as the world economy recovers, to an average $850 to $950 a tonne.