Production has begun at Wilmar Sugar and Renewables’ Inkerman Mill in the Burdekin region with the first cane for the 2024 season tipping at 9:28am on Monday 10 June.
Invicta Mill and Kalamia Mill will see production also begin this week with the remaining five other Wilmar mills to start up the week beginning Monday 17 June.
The beginning of what will be an extremely busy season for the Burdekin has been successful with General Manager Operations, Mike McLeod describing the kickoff as off to a good start, thanking the hard work of all employees.
“Today was a great achievement from the whole team,” Mr McLeod explained.
“I want to thank all of our people who worked tirelessly over the past week, and in particular, over the weekend to finalize preparations for start-up.”
A busting time for the region, many Wilmar employees will be scheduled to work well above regular hours, with shift workers hard at work into the night across various sectors.
“We lit up the boilers yesterday afternoon and tipped the first bin just before 9:30am as planned and we look forward to producing the first raw sugar of the season tomorrow (Tuesday 11 June).”
This beginning comes at an active time for Wilmar with the Sarina Distillery resuming their efficient production of bioethanol on Thursday 30 May, following their annual month-long maintenance closure.
Mike McLeod also stated Sugar and Renewables employees covered by the enterprise agreement were set to vote on the company’s EA offer earlier this week, with the vote scheduled for Tuesday at the latest.
Mr McLeod assure Wilmar has been closely monitoring factory operations and start dates, following notifications of further work stoppages and bans planned from Wednesday 12 June.
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