Mackay Sugar's Mossman Mill has again exceeded its target during the previous week of crushing with 29,610.36 tonnes crushed at a rate of 294.9 tonnes per hour.

This compares favourably against the budget for the week of 28,670 tonnes. For the season the mill has crushed 217,983 tonnes against a budget of 256,056 tonnes.

In other Mackay Sugar-owned mills at Farleigh, Marian and Racecourse, 253,899 tonnes of cane was crushed this past week.  Farleigh Mill had a decent run that was marred by a significant outage resulting from a boiler equipment issue. 

The Marian mill was stopped for over seven hours due to low quality cane causing a significant choke in the cane splitter. Racecourse had a good run throughout the week with a maintenance stop included.  

Mossman Mill Snapshot:

• Mossman tonnes crushed for the week: 29,610   
• Per cent Recoverable Sugar for week: 13.98
• Commercial Cane Sugar for week:    12.67
• Total cane crushed to date: 217,983
• Per cent Recoverable Sugar average to date: 13.37
• Commercial Cane Sugar average to date: 12.15
• 2012 Crop estimate: 540,000t