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01/12/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil will probably tumble into a bear market next year as monthly output in Malaysia and Indonesia surges to records, compounding the impact of the biggest ever stockpiles, according to Godrej International Ltd.

01/12/2012 (The Star) - Palm oil prices are set to start 2013 on a sour note as record high stocks and rising output in South-East Asia overwhelm already weak demand, while regulatory uncertainty in top buyers India and China adds to the gloomy outlook.

01/12/2012 (EP Magazine) - Palm oil extraction is responsible for more than 13 million tons of waste plant matter each year. The resulting by-product, empty fruit bunch (EFB), can be used to produce heat and electricity, but can now also be converted into sugar as demonstrated by a research team led by Jin Chuan Wu from the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences.

01/12/2012 (The Star) - Of late, there has been a flurry of sans huile de palme (palm oil-free) campaigns in France to ban the use of palm oil in the country's food sector.

01/12/2012 (The Star) - An oil palm company in Naman, Durin was fined RM13,000 by the Sessions Court here for polluting the environment with effluent.

01/12/2012 (Fox Business) - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd. (5222.KU), a Malaysian state-backed plantation company, said Friday net profit fell 40% during the third quarter mainly because of accounting charges and in spite of a jump in sales.

01/12/2012 (Environmental Expert) - Pomethane®, developed by Veolia's subsidiary Biothane, is a new, reliable cost-effective solution for more environmentally friendly palm oil production and is helping leading producers reduce manufacturing impacts, save money and energy.

01/12/2012 (Republica) - Six out of eight large vegetable ghee factories based in Sunsari-Morang industrial corridor have shut down their productions over the past half decade after India plugged gap on duty that existed on palm oil, the major raw material used in vegetable ghee, between the two countries.

01/12/2012 (Creamer Media's Engineering News) - Gabon will become a significant exporter of palm oil by 2020, as it diversifies into agriculture and works to reduce its reliance on crude oil exports, the country's agriculture minister told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.

30/11/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures fell to a 2-week low on Thursday, extending losses for a third straight session as weak sentiment dominated the market with investors worrying about record high stocks.

30/11/2012 (Reuters) - An expansion in the edible oil processing industry in top palm oil producer Indonesia is expected to boost its consumption to about 7.5 million tonnes next year, which may reduce the amount available for export, industry officials said on Thursday.

30/11/2012 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil may be the best-performing agricultural commodity in 2013 as demand rebounds after this year’s price plunge, Rabobank International said today in its annual outlook report.