MEDIA RELEASE 20 August 2018 DIESEL BURNER FIRE DAMAGES ELECTRICAL WIRING AT MSF SUGAR’S MARYBOROUGH MILL On Sunday 19 August, a fire in the diesel burners attached to the steam boiler at MSF Sugar’s Maryborough Mill caused a halt to operations and an emergency evacuation of the site. The fire occurred just before 11pm and…
MEDIA RELEASE Tuesday 14 August 2018 GREAT PYRAMID RACE – ICONIC EVENT TAKES CENTRE STAGE WITH NEW LOOK RUNNING SCHEDULE The MSF Sugar Great Pyramid Race takes place on Saturday 18 August with a new venue and a new look running schedule. Now in its 59th year, the 2018 Pyramid Race has received a major…
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 18 July 2018 UNLIKELY PARTNERSHIP EMERGES FROM THE CANE FIELDS On the surface, a link between a national car rally event and the sugarcane industry may seem unlikely, but after working together on operational requirements for Targa Great Barrier Reef, it quickly became evident that MSF Sugar and Targa Australia have an…
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 14 June 2018 HARVESTING OPERATIONS AT SOUTH JOHNSTONE MILL IMPACTED BY DERAILMENT HARVESTING activities at MSF Sugar’s South Johnstone Mill will be impacted for several days as a consequence of a cane train derailment involving a double-header locomotive hauling 60 fully laden 6 tonne cane bins on the main line at Lawrence…
MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 30 May 2018 SEE TRACK, THINK TRAIN! MSF SUGAR CRUSHING SEASON OFFICIALLY GETS UNDERWAY The annual sugarcane crush is about to get underway at MSF Sugar’s Maryborough, Mulgrave, South Johnstone and Tableland mills with an estimated 4,442,500 tonnes to be crushed by the group this season. In the areas located near Mulgrave…
MEDIA RELEASE 17 May 2018 SOUTH JOHNSTONE MILL CRUSHING SEASON TO COMMENCE ON SCHEDULE DESPITE FLOOD DAMAGE TO CROPS MSF Sugar’s South Johnstone Mill expects to see 1,732,500 tonnes of sugarcane harvested across its cane supply area for the 2018 season, with mill operations scheduled to commence on Tuesday 12 June. A total of 303…
MEDIA RELEASE 10 May 2017 LAND BANKING INVESTMENT LINKED TO RESTRICTIVE NEW VEGETATION LAWS With a bumper crop on the horizon for 2018, combined with MSF Sugar’s long term plans to expand Maryborough Mill the sugarcane industry remains an important driver of employment in the Fraser Coast region. The industry currently provides jobs for more…
MEDIA RELEASE 08 MAY 2018 MULGRAVE MILL PREDICTS A SUCCESSFUL SEASON DESPITE WIDESPREAD FLOODING Despite experiencing two major flood events since the start of 2018, MSF Sugar’s Mulgrave Mill is on track to commence the crushing season on Tuesday 12 June as planned. While flooding across the region was widespread, forward crop estimates remain on…
MEDIA RELEASE 8 May 2017 CRUSHING SEASON MARKS AN IMPORTANT TIME OF YEAR FOR 600 FRASER COAST FAMILIES With welcome rain visiting the Fraser Coast Region in 2017 and ideal growing conditions holding throughout the summer, MSF Sugar’s Maryborough Mill is on track to start crushing on Monday 11 June. The on-time start date is…
MEDIA RELEASE 8 May 2018 MSF SUGAR’S TABLELAND MILL ON TRACK FOR A MILESTONE SEASON While work continues to progress on construction of MSF Sugar’s Green Energy Power Plant, the milestone project has not had an impact on the start of the 2018 crush with the Tableland Mill on track to commence operations on Tuesday…
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