Palm oil mill opens

Palm oil mill opens

JAKARTA (JP): A palm oil mill owned by PT Perkebunan Mitra
Ogan, with a capacity of 60 tons of fresh fruit bunches an hour,
was inaugurated by Governor of South Sumatra Ramly Hasan Basri in
the Oku regency on Tuesday.

Perkebunan Mitra's president H. Siswanto said that the Rp 13
billion (US$5.8 million) factory is supported by 12,000 hectares
of oil palm estate.

Governor Hasan said the new mill brought to eight the total
number of palm oil factories in the province. They have a
combined capacity of 240 tons an hour.

He was quoted by the Antara news agency as saying that S.
Sumatra had a total of 172,000 hectares of oil palm
plantations.(10)