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In
order to ensure long term production, firms are renewing their
plantations with new varieties of oil palms as seen in this
nursery. |
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Some
factories are still using steam engines to run the
machinery. Surplus palm kernels and shells are used as
fuel for the furnaces. |
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Big
steam engines turn gears which then turn other machines. |
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Machines
run by the gears and belts include, centrifuges, kernel crushers, and
sorters. |
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After
oil is pressed from the fruit it is collected in large tanks like
these and then transported by tanker barge to Kinshasa for processing
into cooking oil, cosmetic quality oil or soap. |
