AGRICULTURE NEWS - Mere weeks after Tongaat Hulett Limited (THL) announced that it would be mothballing its Darnall Sugar Mill indefinitely, Illovo Sugar South Africa (ISSA) announced that it would be suspending operations at its Umzimkulu Sugar Mill, on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, for the 2020/2021 season starting on 1 April.
Simon Manelli, ISSA spokesperson, told Farmer’s Weekly that this decision was driven by the results of an independent diagnostic analysis and benchmarking study commissioned by its umbrella company, Illovo Sugar Africa (ISA).
The study suggested a number of strategies to improve both ISA’s and ISSA’s long-term commercial viability, while retaining as many jobs as possible.
Read the full article here on the Caxton publication, Farmer's Weekly
