Mills
The Group operates six mills in North Sumatra, East Kalimantan and Bangka in which it processes its crop. In addition, fresh fruit bunches produced at its Musi Rawas and Simpang Kiri estates are processed in local third-party mills.
All the plantations are held on long-term renewable leases. All agricultural land in Indonesia is owned by the government and leased out; this is the same for Indonesian citizens and companies as it is for foreign companies such as M.P. Evans. We have held our oldest estates on this basis since the 1960’s when this legal framework was introduced.
The extent of new development and replanting in our older estates means our palms are on average still relatively young. This is important as the yield from a new planting increases very steeply in the early years of its life before reaching a peak when the palm is about ten years old. The young age of its palms means the Group can anticipate very strongly increasing crops well into the 2020’s as its palms mature. The Group’s average annual crop growth in the last decade has been 11%.
Average oil-extraction rate, 2023 (Percent)
Source: M.P. Evans
Summary information about how all of the Group’s fresh fruit bunches are processed is given in the tables below:
| Pangkatan mill | |||
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Overview |
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| Operated by: | M.P. Evans Group | ||
| GPS location: | 02° 06′ 44″ N, 99° 56′ 44″ E | ||
| Group companies supplying mill: | Pangkatan, Bilah, Sennah | ||
| Group smallholder co-operative scheme: | Yes | ||
| Third party smallholder fruit: | Yes | ||
Output |
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| 2023 production (t): | CPO | 54,562 | |
| PK | 12,406 | ||
| of which: RSPO certified | CPO | 42,131 | |
| PK | 9,589 | ||
| hence: RSPO % | CPO | 77% | |
| PK | 77% | ||
Methane capture |
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| Methane capture | No | ||
| Biogas generation | No | ||
Certification |
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| RSPO | Yes | First certified: Oct 2012 | |
| ISCC | Yes | First certified: Aug 2014 | |
| ISPO | Yes | First certified: Jan 2014 | |
| Bumi Permai mill | |||
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Overview |
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| Operated by: | M.P. Evans Group | ||
| GPS location: | 00° 17′ 44.84″ S, 116° 45′ 39.65″ E | ||
| Group companies supplying mill: | Prima Mitrajaya. Mandiri, Tegu Jayaprima Abadi | ||
| Group smallholder co-operative scheme: | Yes | ||
| Third party smallholder fruit: | Yes | ||
Output |
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| 2023 production (t): | CPO | 73,523 | |
| PK | 16,525 | ||
| of which: RSPO certified | CPO | 72,907 | |
| PK | 16,407 | ||
| hence: RSPO % | CPO | 99% | |
| PK | 99% | ||
Methane capture |
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| Methane capture | Yes | ||
| Biogas generation | Yes | ||
Certification |
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| RSPO | Yes | First certified: Jun 2014 | |
| ISCC | Yes | First certified: Jul 2016 | |
| ISPO | Yes | First certified: Apr 2017 | |
| Tengkalat mill | |||
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Overview |
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| Operated by: | M.P. Evans Group | ||
| GPS location: | 01° 37′ 18.44″ S, 105° 59′ 18.39″ E | ||
| Group companies supplying mill: | Gunung Pelawan, Lestari | ||
| Group smallholder co-operative scheme: | Yes | ||
| Third party smallholder fruit: | Yes | ||
Output |
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| 2023 production (t): | CPO | 76,744 | |
| PK | 18,974 | ||
| of which: RSPO certified | CPO | 51,782 | |
| PK | 12,763 | ||
| hence: RSPO % | CPO | 67% | |
| PK | 67% | ||
Methane capture |
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| Methane capture | Yes | ||
| Biogas generation | Yes | ||
Certification |
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| RSPO | Yes | First certified: Nov 2017 | |
| ISCC | Yes | First certified: Nov 2020 | |
| ISPO | Yes | First certified: Aug 2019 | |
| Rahayu mill | ||||
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Overview |
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| Operated by: | M.P. Evans Group | |||
| GPS location: | 00° 12′ 7.100″S, 116° 46′ 28.500″ E | |||
| Group companies supplying mill: | Prima Mitrajaya Mandiri, Teguh Jayaprima Abadi | |||
| Group smallholder co-operative scheme: | Yes | |||
| Third party smallholder fruit: | Yes | |||
Output |
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| 2023 production (t): | CPO | 38,414 | ||
| PK | 7,709 | |||
| of which: RSPO certified | CPO | 7,599 | ||
| PK | 1,577 | |||
| hence: RSPO % | CPO | 20% | ||
| PK | 20% | |||
Methane capture |
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| Methane capture | Yes | |||
| Biogas generation | No | |||
Certification |
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| RSPO | Yes | First certified: Jun 2022 | ||
| ISCC | Yes | First certified: Aug 2022 | ||
| ISPO | Plan: 2025 | |||
| Benuang mill – Commissioned 22 July 2021 | ||||
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Overview |
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| Operated by: | M.P. Evans Group | |||
| GPS location: | 00° 53′ 12.9714″ N, 118° 24′ 6.21648″ E | |||
| Group companies supplying mill: | Bumi Mas Agro | |||
| Group smallholder co-operative scheme: | Yes | |||
| Third party smallholder fruit: | Yes | |||
Output |
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| 2023 production (t): | CPO | 58,649 | ||
| PK | 10,263 | |||
| of which: RSPO certified | CPO | N/A | ||
| PK | N/A | |||
| hence: RSPO % | CPO | N/A | ||
| PK | N/A | |||
Methane capture |
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| Methane capture | Yes | |||
| Biogas generation | Yes | |||
Certification |
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| RSPO | Plan: 2025 | |||
| ISCC | Yes | First certified: Jan 2022 | ||
| ISPO | Yes | First certified: Mar 2019 | ||
| Kenanga mill | ||||
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Overview |
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| Operated by: | M.P. Evans Group | |||
| GPS location: | 3° 12′ 59.6099″ S, 103° 03′ 17.7619″ E | |||
| Group companies supplying mill: | Evans Lestari | |||
| Group smallholder co-operative scheme: | Yes | |||
| Third party smallholder fruit: | Yes | |||
Output |
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| 2023 production (t): | CPO | 60,177 | ||
| PK | 11,341 | |||
| of which: RSPO certified | CPO | N/A | ||
| PK | N/A | |||
| hence: RSPO % | CPO | N/A | ||
| PK | N/A | |||
Methane capture |
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| Methane capture | Yes | |||
| Biogas generation | Yes | |||
Certification |
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| RSPO | Yes | First certified: Jan 2024 | ||
| ISCC | Yes | First certified: Sep 2023 | ||
| ISPO | Plan: 2025 | |||
| Bukit Mas mill | ||||
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Overview |
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| Operated by: | PT Anugerah Langkat Makmur | |||
| GPS location: | 04° 00′ 46.5″ N, 98° 11′ 40.5″ E | |||
| Group companies supplying mill: | Simpang Kiri | |||
| Group smallholder co-operative scheme: | No | |||
| Third party smallholder fruit: | Yes | |||
Output |
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| 2023 production (t): | CPO | 38,359 | ||
| PK | 6,226 | |||
| of which: RSPO certified | CPO | N/A | ||
| PK | N/A | |||
| hence: RSPO % | CPO | N/A | ||
| PK | N/A | |||
Methane capture |
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| Methane capture | No | |||
| Biogas generation | No | |||
Certification |
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| RSPO | N/A | N/A | ||
| ISCC | N/A | N/A | ||
| ISPO | Yes | First certified: Jul 2018 | ||
| Bukit Maradja mill | ||||
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Overview |
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| Operated by: | SIPEF Group | |||
| GPS location: | 03° 00′ 44.26″ N, 99° 14′ 08.06″ E | |||
| Group companies supplying mill: | Kerasaan | |||
| Group smallholder co-operative scheme: | No | |||
| Third party smallholder fruit: | No | |||
Output |
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| 2023 production (t): | CPO | 29,952 | ||
| PK | 5,936 | |||
| of which: RSPO certified | CPO | 26,952 | ||
| PK | 5,936 | |||
| hence: RSPO % | CPO | 100% | ||
| PK | 100% | |||
Methane capture |
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| Methane capture | Yes | |||
| Biogas generation | No | |||
Certification |
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| RSPO | Yes | First certified: May 2010 | ||
| ISCC | Yes | First certified: Jan 2011 | ||
| ISPO | Yes | First certified: Jul 2016 | ||
The Group’s objective is that all its mills achieve RSPO certification within 18 months of commencing operation. The Group began accreditation for the Pangkatan mill as soon as it took over direct management of this operation in January 2010. The first Kalimantan mill was accredited in 2014; the Bangka mill began the process of accreditation as soon as it was commissioned in May 2016, and received its accreditation in November 2017. The Group’s Bumi Mas mill was accredited in January 2022, and the second Kalimantan mill was accredited in May 2022. The Group’s sixth mill, in Musi Rawas, received accreditation in early 2024. All the Group’s estates, including the smallholder co-operatives attached to the Group’s new projects, are covered by this accreditation.
Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (“ISPO”) certification, mandatory in Indonesia, is similar in most respects to those of the RSPO. Pangkatan Mill was ISPO certified in early 2014 and Bumi Permai Mill in early 2017; the Tengkalat Mill in Bangka was certified in August 2019.
Updated March 2024
