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05/07/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - Littoral — In Maleke village, western Cameroon, an oil palm tree is considered to be "black gold". At least, that is what Joseph Tesse, the local processor of oil palm, tells IPS.

05/07/2013 (Jakarta Post) - Local stakeholders, including the business community, have voiced support for the government’s efforts to have agriculture-based products, such as palm oil and rubber, included on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s (APEC) list of environmentally friendly goods despite a lack of support from the majority of members.

05/07/2013 (The Star) - They have been consuming Nutella all their lives, but this was the first time they came face-to-face with the plant that makes it all possible: the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).

05/07/2013 (AFP) - African palm oil producers are hitting back at what they say is a "smear campaign" against them by environmentalists and health activists that risks ruining their industry.

05/07/2013 (Forests News, Center for International Forestry Research) - Fires in forests and former forest lands occur in Indonesia in the dry season every year, particularly in the provinces of Riau, West Kalimantan, Jambi and Central Kalimantan. The haze that spreads to other countries is mostly caused by fires on peatland.

04/07/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up on Wednesday amid hopes stocks could have dropped in June, but gains were limited by concerns about rising output in the world's No.2 producer.

04/07/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil gained for the first time in six days after West Texas Intermediate crude surged above $100 a barrel for the first time since September, boosting demand for vegetable oils as biofuel feedstock.

04/07/2013 (Agrimoney.com) - One of the surprises of recent weeks for commodity watchers has been the strength of crude oil.

04/07/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil inventories in Malaysia, the largest producer after Indonesia, probably contracted for a sixth month in June to the lowest level in a year, according to a Bloomberg survey of growers and analysts. Futures climbed.

04/07/2013 (Daily Express) - Sabah has created two Malaysian records in the use of oil palm biomass by the setting up of a company that processes bioethanol from empty fruit bunches and the establishment of the Biomass Joint Venture (JV) Cluster recently.

04/07/2013 (UkrAgroConsult) - Russia continues to import palm oil in large volumes. As much as 552 KMT of this product has already been imported by Russia this season, including 59% from Indonesia, 16% from Malaysia and the remainder from Ukraine and the EU.

04/07/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The price level of crude palm oil (CPO) increased for the first time over the last six days.