On the face of it, the tidings seem favourable for the nearly 120 coconut mills in Kangayam town of Tiruppur district where oil production capacity ranges from 1,000 tonnes to 1,400 tonnes a day.

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A Filipino worker inspects coconuts at a plantation in Quezon province in this picture taken on Aug. 11, 2004. — REUTERS THE MAHARLIKA Investment Corp. (MIC) is looking into investing in the ...

The scope for Kangeyam town in Tiruppur district to regain its status as one of the biggest markets for copra and coconut oil in India is bleak, due to what the oil mills view as the “detrimental” ...