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Bundaberg Sugar is a company involved in all aspects of sugar manufacture, including growing and milling the sugarcane and refining and marketing the sugar. It operates principally in the
Bundaberg Sugar is a company involved in all aspects of sugar manufacture, including growing and milling the sugarcane and refining and marketing the sugar. It operates principally in the Bundaberg Region
The Bundaberg Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is centred on the city of Bundaberg, and also contains a significant rural area surro ...
, Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
, Australia. As at 2014, the company had over of sugarcane plantations.
History
Bundaberg Sugar Company Limited was created in 1972 from the merger of the Fairymead Sugar Company Limited and Gibson & Howes Limited. Through these, the company can trace its history back to 1870 when theFairymead Sugar Plantation
Fairymead Sugar Plantation was a sugar plantation in Fairymead, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was established by Ernest Young together with his father Henry and brothers Arthur, and Horace. It was one of Bundaberg's earliest indepe ...
was first established.
In 2013, the company entered into an agreement with Pacific Gold Macadamias to purchase its waste product, approximately 2,000 tonnes of macadamia nut shells each year, which will be burned as a fuel to process the bagasse
Bagasse ( ) is the dry pulpy fibrous material that remains after crushing sugarcane or sorghum stalks to extract their juice. It is used as a biofuel for the production of heat, energy, and electricity, and in the manufacture of pulp and building ...
(the waste product of sugar milling) into biofuel.
In 2014, the company purchased 14 new water irrigators which use 50% less power than the older style and are expected to increase sugarcane yields by 5-10%.
The BIngera sugar mill was closed in 2020.
Sugar mills
As of 2022 Only one mill remains in operation. * Millaquin mill atEast Bundaberg
Bundaberg East is a suburb of Bundaberg in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Bundaberg East had a population of 2,784 people.
History
A Government land sale of eighty allotments was advertised for auction by W. E. Curtis ...
Formerly they had other mills operating in the region:
* Qunaba Mill
* Fairymead Mill
* Bingera mill at South Kolan
South Kolan is a rural locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , South Kolan had a population of 1,061 people.
Geography
The South Kolan region is in the Wide Bay–Burnett region, north of the state capital Brisbane an ...
See also
*List of sugar mills in Queensland
The sugar industry is an important industry in Australia valued at $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion per annum, much of which is generated through export. Requiring a hot climate and plenty of water, sugarcane is predominantly grown in Queensland w ...
References
Further reading
*External links
* {{Cite web, url=http://www.bundysugar.com.au/files/Bundaberg%20Sugar_corp%20brochure_June%2008.pdf, title=Bundaberg Sugar, date=June 2008, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112030632/http://www.bundysugar.com.au/files/Bundaberg%20Sugar_corp%20brochure_June%2008.pdf, archive-date=12 November 2018, url-status=live, access-date=12 November 2018 Sugar companies of Australia Sugar mills in Queensland Sugar plantations in Australia Bundaberg