Palm oil

Indonesia increases patrols in Sumatra national park after attacks on task force

The National Park, home to the critically endangered Sumatran elephant, has faced years of encroachment.

‘My uncle Robert Kuok would expel me’ if true: Kuok Khoon Hong rejects conviction of Wilmar’s China unit

Wilmar International’s chairman and chief executive officer Kuok Khoon Hong said he is “deeply shocked” that a China subsidiary of the group had been found guilty of contract fraud and ordered to bear losses amounting to 1.88 billion yuan (S$345.6 million).

Thousands protest against state takeover of palm oil plantations in Indonesia’s Riau

A worker harvesting fruit bunches at a palm oil plantation in Kampar regency in Riau.

AI boom turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres

Malaysia's palm oil companies are earmarking some of the vast tracts of land they own for industrial parks studded with data centres and solar panels.

Singapore-listed palm oil stocks seen benefiting as prices rise, ESG risks ease

A worker pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with oil palm bunches at a plantation in Ijok, Malaysia May 14, 2025. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Shares of Singapore’s Wilmar tumble after Indonesian court overturns corruption acquittal

Wilmar International’s headquarters at Biopolis Road. The company has been found guilty of corruption in a case involving cooking oil export permits.

Indonesia to launch crackdown on illegal mines in forests

An Indonesian official said the owners of businesses operating illegal mines and plantations will be ordered to return some of their profits to the state.

Indonesia to crack down on illegal exploitation of resources: President Prabowo

The government already seized 3.1 million hectares of illegal plantations with the help of the military.

‘Lungs of the Earth’: Indonesians fight for peatland

A man poles a boat along a local canal built to navigate through the peatland forest in Lebung Itam, South Sumatra, on June 11, 2025.

Wilmar expands in Nigeria as nation’s currency crisis ebbs

Wilmar last week announced a plan to acquire all the shares in a palm oil venture with PZ Cussons for US$70 million.

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