Ramzan Sugar Mills ( ur, رمضان شوگر ملز) is a Pakistani
sugar mill
A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw or white sugar.
The term is also used to refer to the equipment that crushes the sticks of sugar cane to extract the juice.
Processing
There are a number of steps in pro ...
company. It was established by Pakistani businessman
Mian Muhammad Sharif
Mian Muhammad Sharif ( Punjabi, ur, ;18 November 1919 – 19 October 2004) was a Pakistani businessman who is known as the co-founder of Ittefaq Group and founder of Sharif Group. Two of his three sons, Nawaz and Shehbaz became Prime Mini ...
in 1992. It is part of the
Sharif Group of Companies.
In February 2011, CarboUA tested the plant of Ramzan Sugar Mills and conducted the successful result in March 2011.
Power project
In September 2012,
National Electric Power Regulatory Authority
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority ( ur, , abbreviated as NEPRA) is responsible for regulating the electricity supply in Pakistan. It is also responsible for issuing licences for generation, transmission and distribution of electric ...
(NEPRA) signed on an ''Co-Generation Power Project'' agreement with the mill to produce the power with the capacity of 100 megawatt under the name of ''Ramzan Energy Ltd''.
The power will be generated by industrial waste
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 ...
of sugar-canes.
Critical responses
After
2014 floods hit
Jhang District
Jhang District ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a district of Faisalabad division in the Punjab province, Pakistan. Jhang city is the capital of district.
Geography
Jhang District has a triangle-like shape, with its apex at the narrow southwestern cor ...
, politician
Imran Khan
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...
criticized the mill and a bridge (under-construction in Bhawana) while addressing in Jhang that Sharif group were only constructing the bridge to save their mill not the people. Where farmers had complained that the mill only pays them 70 percent of the offered price for sugar-cane, and that even after one year.
See also
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List of mills in Pakistan
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List of companies of Pakistan
Pakistan is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia. Economists estimate that Pakistan has been part of the wealthiest region of the world throughout the first millennium CE having the larges ...
References
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Sugar companies of Pakistan
Pakistani companies established in 1992
Agriculture companies established in 1992
Economy of Punjab, Pakistan
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