DAS to build CPO plant

DAS to build CPO plant

KENDARI (Antara): PT Duta Agro Sulawesi (DAS) is planning to open oil palm estate and to build a crude palm oil (CPO) plant in Southeast Sulawesi at a total cost of Rp 250 billion (US$106 million), a ranking provincial official said here Saturday.

Soewondo, head of the provincial plantation office, said that the company has cleared a plot of 20,000 hectares of land in the districts of Kolaka and Kendari for the development of the oil palm estates in the province.

Concerning the construction of the CPO plant, Soewondo said that the company would build the plant in Routa village, Asera sub-district, here.

The construction of the plant and the opening of the oil palm estates is scheduled to start next year, he added.