Palm oil

Indonesia arrests 11 for alleged corruption over palm oil exports

The suspects allegedly classified exports of crude palm oil as by-products, avoiding export curbs and resulting in around 10.6 trillion rupiah (S$797.61 million) lost for Indonesia.

Malaysia’s ageing oil palm plantations to hit 2 million hectares by 2027

About 800,000ha of the plantations were infected by the ganoderma fungal disease.

Malaysia, India deepen trade ties as Anwar and Modi vow to grow friendship rooted in trust

Malaysia India's cooperation is set to grow beyond the US$18.59 billion in bilateral trade recorded in 2025.

Indonesia may seize another 5 million hectares of palm oil plantations in 2026

In 2025, Indonesian authorities took over 4.1 million hectares of palm oil plantations said to be operating illegally in forest areas.

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.

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