
Old trees and ageing farmers worsen outlook for top palm oil exporters
World 18:00 04/08/2025Malaysian farmer Suratmen Mosman faces a dilemma that threatens to sap supply from the world's top palm oil exporters and drive up prices of the vegetable oil essential to billions of consumers worldwide in the next five years.

Indonesia arrests judges who cleared palm oil companies of graft charges
World 14:52 14/04/2025JAKARTA -- Indonesian authorities arrested three judges who acquitted three palm oil companies of charges of corruption in obtaining export permits, an official said on Monday, following the arrest of a local court's chief judge on bribery charges in the same matter.

Indonesia palm oil firms eye new markets as US trade war casts shadow
World 10:22 14/04/2025Indonesian palm oil companies are seeking new markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as they try to protect themselves from the impact of Donald Trump's trade war, a top industry executive told AFP.