How Many Sugar Mills Are In South Africa

What is Sugar Mill?

A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw sugar or plantation white sugar. Some sugar mills are situated next to a back-end refinery, that turns raw sugar into white sugar. The term is also used to refer to the equipment that crushes the sticks of sugar cane to extract the juice.

How Many Sugar Mills Are In South Africa

14 sugar mills

There are six milling companies that make up the South African​ Sugar Millers’ Association NPC (SASMA) and between them, they operate 14 sugar mills and one central refinery.

Who is the biggest sugar producer in South Africa?

Illovo Sugar Africa (Pty) Ltd

Illovo Sugar Africa (Pty) Ltd based in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is Africa’s largest sugar producer.

Who manufactures sugar in South Africa?

ILLOVO SUGAR (SOUTH AFRICA) (Pty) Ltd (Illovo SA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Illovo Group, with its operations including the cultivation of sugar cane and production of raw, brown, and refined sugar, syrup, together with the downstream products of furfural and its derivatives, ethyl alcohol and lactulose.

What is the sugar mill industry in South Africa?

Sugar is manufactured by six milling companies with 12 sugar mills operating in these cane-growing regions. The industry produces an estimated average of 2.2 million tons of sugar per season. About 60% of this sugar is marketed in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU).