oil crude palm oil refinery plant in south africa

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • What will a palm oil refinery do?
  • The refinery will also be commissioned to refine crude palm oil into various products and to package the products for sale to retail customers. The completed plant will have a 500 t/ day refinery, a 500 t/day fractionator and a 6 800 m2 warehouse.
  • What is happening at Wilmar palm oil refinery in Richards Bay?
  • Efforts are in progress to secure additional land, fostering local community participation in producing essential raw materials for the Wilmar Palm Oil refinery plant in Richards Bay. This is according to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA).
  • Will more land be acquired to support Wilmar palm oil plant?
  • Picture: Supplied Durban — The Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (Edtea) said plans are under way to ensure that more land is acquired to enable local communities to be involved in the production of raw materials required by the R1.5bn Wilmar Palm Oil plant in Richards Bay.
  • Is Natref a surviving oil refinery in South Africa?
  • Natref is the last surviving oil refinery in South Africa. Three others were closed in the past two years. These refinery closures and the possible permanent closure of the Natref refinery are shots fired in the long running contestation between the oil refiners and the government, which has been trying to introduce cleaner fuels specifications.