Mill operations continue to deteriorate badly

The latest crush figures, for the week ending Monday 21 September, indicate the performance of all four sugar mills were down, getting from bad to worse.
The sugar mills crushed a total of 62,000 tonnes cane for the week – with capacity declining to a mere 48%. All four mills were plagued with breakdowns and malfunctioning.
Industry figures for the week are as follows:
Lautoka ………. 19,000 tonnes Rarawai………… 16,000 tonnesLabasa ………….22,000 tonnesPenang…………. 5000 tonnes
Data for sugar manufactured is still being withheld. With more than half the season gone, FSC has crushed just over 1 million tonnes of cane – about 50% of its now revised target of 2.1million. Original targeted figure was 2.45 million tonnes.