The final of the four Wilmar Sugar and Renewable’s Mills in the Burdekin kicked off production on Tuesday 18 June.
General Manager Operations, Mike McLeod was on sight to see the first bit tip at Pioneer Mill at 9:50pm on Tuesday evening along with Pioneer Mill’s Manger Operations, Matthew Norton.
A milestone beginning, Pioneer’s start leaves Wilmar at 50% production across all its mills, with half of their structures now producing sugar, molasses, and renewable electricity.
Leading the way in the Burdekin region was Inkerman Mill, officially beginning the crushing season for the Wilmar group on Monday 10 June. Inkerman has crushed over 77,000 tonnes of cane and has produced approximately 10,000 tonnes of sugar despite the unexpected shutdowns earlier this month. However, unlike Inkerman, Kalamia and Invicta Mills felt the effects of the industrial action, and began crushing a week behind schedule, tipping its first bin on Thursday 13 June.
Overall, crews have been working hard across the board to maintain production levels to ensure growers can continue harvesting while fine weather prevails.
“Everyone in the industry has an eye on the weather at this time of the year, so we can’t afford to lose any time,” said Mr McLeod.
“Our people have worked hard to recover from the earlier stoppages, and delays, and with everything going our way, everyone will have a good season.”
Across Wilmar’s eight mills, an expected 15.59 million tonnes of sugarcane will be processed this year, producing over two million tonnes of raw sugar.
Manager Operations Matt Naughton was on hand to see the first bin tipped for 2024.
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