Wilmar International

Food estate Merauke cakup area 480.000 ha
- Bisnis Indonesia
- 12 August 2010
7 Perusahaan besar siap memulai kegiatan
Malaysia's Sugar King Kuok has gone global
- The Star
- 06 July 2010
Wilmar, which already owns 200,000 ha of sugar cane plantations in Indonesia, said it intended to use Sucrogen’s proven expertise in the sugar business to pursue growth strategies in “Indonesia and other high potential Asian markets.’’
Indonesia census turns up Papua tribe living in trees
- Reuters
- 24 June 2010
A tribe of hunter gatherers living in trees in the forests of Papua, near the planned Merauke food estate where Wilmar and other firms plan to get farmland, has been discovered officially for the first time.
Wilmar plans to invest USD2 bln in Indonesia
- Reuters
- 21 June 2010
Singapore's Wilmar, the world's largest listed palm oil firm, wants to invest $2 billion in Indonesia where they are targeting Merauke to develop sugar cane plantations
Indonesia: Govt to set up three SEZs for agribusiness
- Jakarta Post
- 06 February 2010
The government is aiming to attract less than Rp 100 trillion (US$10.6 billion) in investment through the development of three special economic zones (SEZs) producing agricultural products this year.
Wilmar unit, others to invest $3 bln in Indonesia sugar industry
- Reuters
- 13 January 2010
The firms plan to develop 187,000 hectares of sugar cane plantations and build several sugar factories which will have total capacity to process 76,000 tonnes of cane per day
China Edgy Over Internationals in Its Agriculture
- China Stakes
- 12 August 2008
The Chinese government is more and more worried over the control that overseas firms are exercising over a good portion of China’s food supply, and there is even some thought that the recent inflation might have been triggered by foreign food giants as they have expanded into every corner of China’s agriculture.