Italy’s leading sugar producer, Eridania Sadam, and Kenana Sugar Company, Sudan’s sector major, have agreed to jointly build a major sugar refinery in Sudan to sell its output in Europe and Africa. The companies have agreed to set up a 50-50 joint venture to build the refinery near Port Sudan, the country’s major port, with an initial capacity to process 500,000 tonnes of raw sugar. The €90m ($129.6m) plant is expected to start up in the first quarter of 2014 and its capacity is planned to double to 1 million tonnes in the future. The refinery will process cane sugar… Login to continue

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