Tan Kim Tun turns his passion for working the land into a successful oil palm seedling business. He has always been a man of the soil. With the sun burning the nape of his neck, Tan Kim Tun goes ...

IN 1905, a young Frenchman named Henri Fauconnier arrived in Malaya in search of opportunities for fortune. Two years later, in 1907, Fauconnier planted some oil palm seeds for its oil at the ...

First Resources—controlled by Indonesian tycoon Ciliandra Fangiono and his family—has agreed to buy a 91% stake in Austindo Nusantara Jaya for $329 million as the Singapore-listed company seeks to ...

Palm oil production growth plummets to 1% from 7% Indonesia boosts biodiesel consumption, curbs exports Palm oil prices surge past soyoil amid tight supplies Biofuel demand to drive up vegoil ...

MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are trucked to a mill for processing in mainland Malaysia. Oil palms yield more oil per acre than do other crops. But soaring demand for the ...

Indonesia's crude and refined palm oil exports surged 62.2% in February from a month ago to reach a four-month high, the statistics bureau said on Monday, as Jakarta's move to lower export taxes ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Reuters) - Malaysia's palm oil stocks fell for a fifth month in February to their lowest in 22 months as production declined, outweighing a reduction in exports ...