Weekly Mill performance

 [posted 24 Nov 2011,1130]

The four mills crushed a low of 60,000 tonnes of cane in the week-ended 21 November, bringing total cane crushed this season to 1.8 million tonnes. Individual mill figures are as follows: 

    MILL

WEEKLYCRUSH          (tonnes)

  SEASON TO DATE                 (tonnes)

 LAUTOKA

  21,447

       541,961

 RARAWAI

         17,553

       556,119

 LABASA

         13,575

       498,729

 PENANG

           7395

        202,578

 TOTAL

      59,970

    1,799,387
       

The Lautoka Mill was out of action for 72 hrs (3 days) because of mechanical breakdowns and staggered cane supply.

The Raiwai and Labasa Mills were also plagued by mechanical failures resulting in very slow crush rates. Penang Mill is due to shut down at the end of the week after crushing around 210,000 tonnes.

TCTS is averaging at between 12.5 -13.0 and is likely to deteriorate with almost 100% burnt cane now being delivered to the mills.

S.Lal