palm oil

A consortium of Indonesian companies together with university researchers has started to develop a variation of aviation fuel containing a small share of biofuel...

Palm oil for railway: Barter trade revived The government of Malaysia, the world’s second largest palm oil producer...

The European Union risks a trade war with Malaysia over its “grossly unfair” policies aimed at reducing...

Malaysia’s foreign direct investments (FDI) volume increased to 49 billion ringgit ($11.72 billion) for the first nine months of this year compared with the...

Indonesia and Malaysia have reached a deal to set up a joint venture to produce the first fully local-made vehicle for domestic use and...

In good old COMECON style, Russia will accept payments from Indonesia for Russian-built fighter planes in commodities such as palm oil and coffee, reports...

Since 45 years, MAMA noodles are part of the daily diet in Thailand, and the brand is widely regarded as the queen of instant...

Forest fires in Indonesia last year cost the country at least $16 billion in economic losses, equivalent to 1.9 per cent of its GDP,...

Indonesia and Malaysia. the world's top palm oil producing nations, will create a new joint palm oil body tasked with stabilising prices and managing...

Southeast Asia’s most populous nation, Indonesia, is set to become a trillion-dollar economy as early as in two years, according to a forecast by...

The Philippines is proposing to convert 8 million hectares (20 million acres) of 'idle, denuded and unproductive lands' for oil palm plantations, reports the...

Due to the months-long street protests in Thailand and the absence of a functioning government, Thailand's economy is increasingly deteriorating. The country is already losing...

Wilmar International, the largest sugar cane miller in Australia, agreed to form a Myanmar venture with a local partner as it builds on a...

A jump in palm oil consumption for biodiesel in Indonesia, the world’s biggest supplier, will probably mean that shipments fail to increase this year...

Malaysia's currency, the ringgit, is currently in its longest losing streak against the US dollar since 2005. The ringgit dropped to almost 3,30 a...

Growing demand for Indonesia's palm oil and its domination of the world market was an attracting topic in a conference held at the Indonesian...

Palm oil inventories in Indonesia, the world’s largest supplier, probably declined in October to the lowest level in 16 months as rain disrupted production...

Malaysia's total trade for the January-September 2013 period increased 2.4  per cent to RM1 trillion ($317.5 billion) in the same period of 2012, said...