World's largest organic fertilizer plant for W. Kalimantan
The world`s largest organic fertilizer plant with a production capacity of 300,000 tons per year is expected to begin operating in West Kalimantan in the middle of this year, a local agricultural official said, Antara reported Monday (21/1/08).
"The plant is scheduled to become operational in the middle of this year after its raw-material-processing machines have been installed in June," the head of the West Kalimantan provincial agriculture office, Mazairin, said.
A similar plant in China is able to produce 50,000 to 60,000 tons of organic fertilizer per year while another one, operated by PT Petrokimia Gresik in East Java, is only able to produce 12,000 tons per year, he said.
Mazairin said the output of 300,000 tons would be reached in stages from an initial production level of 30,000 tons per year.
The main raw material in the production process would be chicken droppings and other substances, including lime.
He said the plant's construction was in line with a national program to increase domestic organic fertilizer production capacity and at the same time improve the structure of the soil.
"The plant is scheduled to become operational in the middle of this year after its raw-material-processing machines have been installed in June," the head of the West Kalimantan provincial agriculture office, Mazairin, said.
A similar plant in China is able to produce 50,000 to 60,000 tons of organic fertilizer per year while another one, operated by PT Petrokimia Gresik in East Java, is only able to produce 12,000 tons per year, he said.
Mazairin said the output of 300,000 tons would be reached in stages from an initial production level of 30,000 tons per year.
The main raw material in the production process would be chicken droppings and other substances, including lime.
He said the plant's construction was in line with a national program to increase domestic organic fertilizer production capacity and at the same time improve the structure of the soil.