Lima proposes 70,000ha oil palm project to plantation giant Sime Darby


VLADIVOSTOK (Eastern Russia): Peru has offered Malaysian plantation giant Sime Darby 70,000ha for oil palm cultivation in a project that could be worth up to US$300mil (RM934bil), Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman said.

He said Sime Darby was now studying the offer as it was a major investment.

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