Monster sugar mill produces well ahead of target

Cambodia’s largest sugar mill has finished its two-month production run, producing half a million tonnes of refined white sugar, nearly five times what the company predicted at the beginning of the harvest season, a company representative said yesterday. Rui Feng (Cambodia) International Co Ltd’s $360mn sugar plant in Preah Vihear province produced 500,000 tonnes of refined sugar from an undisclosed amount of raw sugarcane in the second season. The mammoth sugar mill, which opened in early 2016, processed just 10,000 tonnes of raw sugarcane during its first season. Despite the massive increase in production, Kuy Yoeurn, an administrative manager of the company, said the plant was still only operating at a fraction of its full capacity. (Source: Phnom Penh Post)