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Kupang salt maker to raise capacity
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A farmer checks the water on his salt field. Antara/Dedhez Anggara (Antara/Dedhez Anggara)
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T Puncak Keemasan Garam Dunia (PKGD), a local salt producer in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, expects to increase the annual production capacity of its facility to about 400,000 tons as the region has favorable weather and sun each year.
“The capacity in our factory is now 325,000 tons per year,” said PKGD director Ziwan Hardiawan in Kupang on Friday.
As part of its efforts to expand its business, the company is also planning to build a diesel power plant, a desalination plant and a port.
The company has acquired all of PT Panggung Guna Ganda Semesta’s shares and its salt field of 3,720 hectares in Nunkurus and Oebelo villages in East Kupang.
Going forward, Ziwan said, the company would synergize and develop the salt field’s management to support the government’s program for a domestic salt industry, which included the production of industrial salt.
Read also: Salt producer association rejects 3.7 million tons of saltZiwan added that 70 percent of all national industrial salt was consumed by the pulp and paper industry, while the remaining 20 and 10 percent were in mining as well as pharmaceuticals and miscellaneous manufacturing, respectively.
“Our production will directly support and absorb salt supplies because we produce high-quality industrial salt,” he said. (gda)
