OIL palm machines weren’t built for oil palm operations. Backhoes, tractors and graders come from other industries, not designed for relentless, year-round operations. Breakdowns are inevitable ...

PALMOILMAGAZINE, JAKARTA – Indonesia’s palm oil industry is facing new challenges with declining production and exports in 2024. According to the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI), crude palm ...

Sustainable palm oil production ensures that economic growth does not come at the expense of the environment and social equity. Traditional palm oil cultivation has been linked to deforestation, ...

Analysts at CardinalStone have forecast a promising outlook for palm oil companies Okomu Oil and Presco in 2025, projecting better operational health, specifically an EBITDA margin of 53.8%. This ...

I write about Asia's richest, fast-growing businesses, and startups. First Resources—controlled by Fangiono family, among the Indonesia’s wealthiest clans—agreed to buy a 91% stake in ...

SINGAPORE – First Resources’ majority-owned subsidiary Ciliandra Perkasa on March 18 entered a conditional shares purchase agreement to buy 3.1 billion shares or 91.2 per cent of the issued ...

nvironmental news is rarely good news these days, so when there is a positive story to tell – about human intervention that is successful – it should be shared widely and studied carefully so ...

The Indonesian Supreme Court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country’s easternmost region of Papua. In its Dec. 2, ...

Utilisation of BSF larvae could help to stem the expansion of damaging palm oil production, researchers from UK-based consultancy Tunley Environmental, claim in a new study. Cultivation of palm for ...

Widespread “No Palm Oil” labels are misleading and overlook Palm Oil’s industry’s efficiency and sustainability measures. Within a EU’s food labelling framework flawed and leading ...

Harold Hamm, founder and chairman of Continental Resources, recently emphasized the challenges faced by U.S. shale producers at current price levels. He noted that many fields are struggling to ...

Qraft Technologies' AI-enhanced momentum fund beat the S&P 500 by over 10% last year. This year, the fund is seriously shedding its tech holdings. But the AI algorithm is still hanging on to NVDA ...