Hit by labour, copra shortage, Pomeroon Oil Mills mulls diversification

Workers at the Pomeroon Oil Mill preparing to process coconut into copra.

Weeks shy of the 13th anniversary of its commissioning Pomeroon Oil Mills, owned by businessman Alfro Alphonso is facing challenges, recovery from which will take some doing and is looking to diversify its product range.

The facility, commissioned in June 1999 by the late president Janet Jagan,