Palm Oil & Coltan

Question 1

What is palm oil?

Answer 1

A versatile vegetable oil used in many non-food and food products

Question 2

3 major palm oil commodities

Answer 2

• Crude Palm Oil
• Palm kernel oil
• Palm kernel Expeller

Question 3

What is crude palm oil?

Answer 3

Individual fruits make up the
fresh fruit bunches.
Palm oil is extracted from the
Flesh.

Question 4

What is palm kernel oil?

Answer 4

White center is the kernel or nut.
This is crushed to extract the palm
kernel oil.

Question 5

What is palm kernel expeller?

Answer 5

After the palm kernel oil is extracted
the pulp is left and compacted.
Used for animal feed industry.

Question 6

Where is palm oil grown?

Answer 6

Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
Columbia
Nigeria

Question 7

Why is palm oil important?

Answer 7

*Palm oil accounts for 35% of the world’s vegetable oil.
*Efficiency: Harvested all year; lots of fruit per hectare; less land used;
used in many sectors such as food, animal feed, and personal care
markets.
*Versatility: Can be processed to form a
wide range of products with
different melting point and
consistencies.

Question 8

What is Coltan (aka Columbite Tantalite)?

Answer 8

*Dull metallic ore.
*When refined, coltan becomes metallic tantalum, a heat resistant
powder that can hold a high electrical charge.

Question 9

What is Colton used for?

Answer 9

*Vital for capacitators in cell phones, laptops, and other electronic
devices.
*Capacitators stores and releases electrical charge.
*1 cell phone abut 50 mg of coltan.