PALU – On Thursday (June 4), PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk shared insights and practical experience on Indonesia’s palm oil industry with students from the Faculty of Agriculture at Andalas University. As a key Indonesian commodity, palm oil must be managed sustainably to address future challenges. Bandung Sahari, Director of…
Indonesia has called on the United Kingdom to implement equivalent regulations for rapeseed oil as stipulated in the Due Diligence policy it is looking to…
Indonesia’s used cooking oil exports reached an all-time high of 22,000t in July from 20,000t in June and 14,000t a year earlier. More than 133,000t…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Several members of the House of Representatives (DPR), in their statements received by Antara, opined that the palm oil commodity holds strategic…
Publicly listed agribusiness company PT Astra Agro Lestari plans to focus on containing its costs amid fluctuating commodity prices in order to remain competitive and…
JAKARTA – PT Astra Agro Lestari produced 707,000 tn crude palm oil in Jan-Jun, 15.2% less than 834,000 tn in the same period last year,…
PALM oil is widely used in food products due to its superior health benefits and versatility — from cooking oil to margarine, bakery fats, chocolates,…
Indonesia, the biggest palm oil producer in the world, saw production and exports of the commodity contract in the first half of the year due…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia should boost the trade of its value-added products rather than depend solely on the trading of raw materials, Dzulfian Syafrian, researcher…
The government has rekindled plans to escalate Indonesia’s biodiesel program after a five-month hiatus caused by weak palm oil prices and the unfolding global health…
Indonesia had its second request for a panel to examine certain measures adopted by the EU affecting palm oil biofuels accepted. Indonesia’s first request was…
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The Secretariat of the Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) is asking American food company Kraft Heinz Company to…
JAKARTA, July 23 (Reuters) – Indonesian state oil company PT Pertamina is set to test the production of jet fuel made up of 3% palm…
Jakarta – Anticipatory steps are needed in preventing forest and land fires. To improve the effeciency on monitoring the situation in the surrounding plantation, Astra…
Indonesia hopes to conclude negotiations for a trade agreement with the European Union next year to bolster the country’s economic recovery after the pandemic, but…
Jakarta, July 15 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s state oil company PT Pertamina produced its first successful batch of biodiesel made up of 100% palm oil (D100)…
Born in the Netherlands and brought up in Germany, it wasn’t until I was 21 that I met my first coconut. It was on a…
