Bundaberg Revamps Sugar Mill

Bundaberg Sugar will invest $40m over four years to upgrade its Millaquin mill in Queensland, Australia.

The facility’s steam engines will be replaced with electronic machines and a small chimney will be swapped with an existing 62m stack.

The company says the machines will reduce steam consumption, save coal and reduce boiler emissions to below 20% of permitted levels.

A new vacuum pan, fugals, cane juice tank and heater will boost efficiency, while three steam engines will be replaced with electric drives.

Conveyor belts for sugar and bagasse pulp, diesel back-up generators and a secondary juice pump have been scheduled for 2011-12, the company said.

Last year, Bundaberg Sugar spent $8m to upgrade boilers and increase its electricity generation capacity.