Page 6 - Sugar Mills

Lockdown: Sugar mills face working capital crunch as consumption dips

Industry seeks allocation of special fund to clear pending export subsidy

Tamil Nadu sugar industry asks Centre to rework loans in wake of Covid-19

Sector says new drought-resistant, high-yield and high-recovery cane to be introduced next year

Sugar mills seek third ethanol supply tender from govt-owned OMCs

The excess production is a major issue as mills had planned to expand ethanol production

Sugar mills seek third ethanol supply tender from OMCs on production spike

The factories were able to supply only a third of OMC requirements in the second tender

Sugar mills boost production capacity of hand sanitisers to 100K L per day

Apart from sugar mills, grain based distilleries have also set up additional 100,000 litres per day taking total additional capacity to 2 lakh litres per day

How sugar industry has managed to break out from surplus-shortage cycle

The Rangarajan committee recommendations on sugar reforms have been put into cold storage. Yet, the industry has managed to break out from the infamous surplus-shortage cycle

Covid-19 hits sugar supply chain, global prices; recovery likely soon

According to market watchers, fresh sugar procurement from mills would start soon since the supply chain would have largely dried up during the last couple of weeks

India's sugar mills likely to achieve over 80% of its export quota

The government had allocated 6 million tonnes of sugar quota among 530 mills spread across in the country, depending on their crushing capacity and records

India's sugar production estimate revised upwards to 26.5 million tonnes

The industry's closing stock as at the end of September seen at 10 million tonnes

Sugar exports picking up even as delays in release of subsidy loom

Newer opportunities such as exporting to Indonesia are being thrown up but early closure of mills could be an issue

Trade body at variance with ISMA over sugar production estimate

All India Sugar Trade Association sees sugar output falling to 27 million tonnes; This is higher than ISMA's estimate of 26 million tonnes for 2019-20

State govts slash price of electricity generated by sugar mills by 50%

Electricity is generated by sugar mills from molasses in cogeneration units

OMCs float season's 2nd tender, seek 2.5 bn litres ethanol from sugar mills

So far, lower cane availability has impacted ethanol supply for blending with petrol

Double whammy for sugar mills: Late season hits income, OMCs plan action

Late start of season hits incomes while OMCs to take action for not delivering ethanol as committed

UP govt keeps sugarcane price unchanged at Rs 315 per quintal

This is the second straight year that the govt has kept prices unchanged. It had hiked the price by Rs 10 per quintal for the common variety in its maiden year in office, during 2017-18 season

UP orders sugar mills to operate at optimum capacity to avoid penal action

Directive aimed at ensuring vacating fields for rabi sowing

Govt's ethanol-blending policy needs stimulus to adhere to 2022 timeline

The policy, which could be a viable and long-term answer to the cyclicality in the sugar sector

Flood-induced crushing delays lead to 65% drop in sugar production

Sugar mills contract for 1.4 million tonnes of exports in 2019-20 season

As sugarcane crushing gathers steam in UP, focus shifts to crop's price

UP is estimated to produce 45% of India's sugar in 2019-20 cycle

Will pay farmers' dues even if defaulter sugar mills have to be sold: UP CM

Adityanath said his government is making a lot of efforts to get rid of the stagnation created by Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party in the past years