A massive fire broke out at Mohiuddinpur sugar mill in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut in November, killing the engineer Narendra Kushwaha who succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a hospital.
USA – Sidney Sugars beet pulp dryer ignites [Full subscriber]
Fire crews were dispatched to the Sidney Sugars beet sugar plant in Sidney, Montana on 18th December after a fire ignited in a pulp dryer, according to local press reports.
USA – Silos at Domino Sugar refinery catches fire [Full subscriber]
Two 10-storey high silos filled with refined sugar at Domino Sugar’s refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana caught fire on the afternoon of August 27, according to local press reports.
Uganda – Kakira Sugar loses US$955,000 worth of cane following fire by arsonists [Registered]
Arsonists have burnt 750 acres (303.5 ha) of sugarcane belonging to Kakira Sugar Limited. The fire has destroyed some 26,000 tonnes of raw cane worth UGX3.5 billion (US$955,000), according to local press reports.
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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