Mills weekly performance

[posted 29 Nov 2012,1230]

The four sugar mills crushed a total of 67,525 tonnes of cane in the week ended 28th November.

All four mills performed well below capacity due to stoppages resulting from mechanical breakdowns and low cane supply.

The Lautoka Mill stopped crushing at 10am yesterday reportedly because of a shortage of hog fuel. During the week, the mill was out of action for three days, as also the Rarawai and Labasa Mills.

The Penang Mill closed on Monday 28 November, having crushed 208,307 tonnes of cane this season.

Mill crush figures for the week are given below:

   MILL               WEEKLY CRUSH         SEASON TO DATE
                           (TONNES)                    (TONNES)

LAUTOKA                21,883                    563,844
RARAWAI                19,784                    575,904
LABASA                  20,129                    518,859
PENANG                    5729                    208,307

TOTAL                   67,525                   1,866,914