Thursday, August 1, 2024

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Weekly production figures Wilmar Sugar Plane Creek Mill Week 4, Week ending 27 July 2024

This week
Season to date
Cane crushed
54,338
187,117
Average bin weight
3.84
3.81
CCS
13.13
12.93
Cane variety performance for region
Variety
%
CCS
Variety
%
CCS
Q183
23.4
12.70
Q253
16.2
13.60
Q240
19.8
13.43
Q138
2.9
10.81
Q208
12.2
13.60
SRA9
3.8
11.31
KQ228
12.2
14.61
Q242
3.3
12.59
Comments:
Plane Creek Mill processed 54,338 tonnes of cane for the week, bringing the season total to just over 187,000 tonnes.
Throughput was disrupted on Tuesday morning due to a major derailment at Tedlands siding on Monday afternoon, along with an extended stop due to industrial action on Wednesday.
Average CCS rose by 0.03 of a unit over the previous week, closing out at 13.13 units. Standover cane made up 24 per cent of the week’s cane supply.
The highest CCS honour for the week was a rake of KQ228 1R from the Mt Christian productivity area with a CCS of 16.05 units.
As always, we ask the public to stay alert around our cane rail network.

Lindsay Wheeler
Cane Supply Manager
Plane Creek Region

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