EU food safety body to look again at palm oil health risksReutersFood producers across Europe are closely monitoring independent authorities' indications on health risks related to palm oil, a low-cost ingredient which is used in a wide range of produc …

ReutersIndonesia to set February crude palm oil export tax at $18 per tonneReutersThe tax will be increased as the government's reference export price for crude palm oil is seen rising above a threshold of $800 per tonne, the ministry said in a stateme …

New Straits Times OnlinePalm oil demand from Indonesia biodiesel sector to surge by 2020 ...ReutersSees palm demand from biodiesel sector at 10.6 mln T by 2020 * Indonesia pushing to boost biodiesel usage * Govt targets 90-pct increase in unblended biodies …

Palm oil's green body comes under fire from activistsReutersAidenvironment, an Amsterdam-based green group, could become the latest to cut ties with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) over what it calls poor handling of a complaint against m …

China DailyPalm oil to average at 2678 rgt/T in 2016 -Malaysia trade bodyReuters"In 2016 palm oil prices will average at 2,678 ringgit per tonne, stabilising in a range between a low of 2,162 ringgit and a high of 3,195 ringgit," said Yusof Basir …

MarketWatchOil futures rally on fresh hopes for a production freezeMarketWatchCrude climbed on Monday on hopes that low prices will drive major oil producers to reconsider a collective production freeze in a bid to boost the market. On the New York Mercant …

Palm oil buyers hold off mending ties with Malaysia plantation giantReutersKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 Leading global buyers of palm oil are holding off on mending business ties with Malaysian plantation giant IOI Group despite an industry watchdog's decision …

GristPalm oil firms ditch 'no deforestation' pact in IndonesiaReutersThe government's anti-monopoly agency said in April it would investigate suspected cartel practices among the signatories to the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge, a landmark 2014 pl …

French parliament scraps planned extra tax on palm oilReutersThe Malaysian Palm Oil Council representing local producers, which had also claimed the tax would put thousands of small farmers out of work, welcomed the National Assembly's decision. " …

ReutersPalm oil industry fumes as Indonesia gets tough on forest firesReutersPalm oil is a major growth driver for Indonesia, but the industry is facing criticism for deforestation and its slash-and-burn forest-clearing techniques that send vast plumes of …