India’s sugar production rose by 20 per cent to 258.68 lakh tonnes till 15 March, 2021 on higher cane production, industry body ISMA said. The production in the corresponding period in the previous marketing year stood at 216.13 lakh tonnes. Till 28 February, 2021, the government had estimated the sugar mills production of sugar at […]
Sugar production in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest sugar producing state in 2019-20 season, is likely to fall by around 20 per cent year-on-year to around 100 lakh tonnes in the October 2020-September 2021 season as against 126 lakh tonnes in the last season. The dip in production is primarily due to diversion into ethanol […]
The 497 sugar mills operational in the country have together produced nearly 209 lakh tonnes of sugar till February 15 as against 170 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period last year, an increase of nearly 23 per cent. According to a press release issued by industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), while 183 sugar […]
India’s only gold producer Hutti Gold Mines plans to triple annual production of the yellow metal to 5,000 kgs in one-and-a-half years, according to Karnataka Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh R Nirani. Nirani, who completes one month in office as cabinet minister in the BJP-ruled Karnataka government, added that due to COVID-19, the revenue from mines […]
India’s 491 sugar mills have together produced 176.83 lakh (17.683 million) tonnes of sugar in the first four months of the current sugar season, which started on October 1. In the corresponding period of the previous season, the mills produced 141 lakh tonnes. The output is up by around 25%, prompted primarily by an increased […]
State-run Coal India Limited’s coal production, on a provisional basis, fell 4.1 per cent to 60.5 million tonnes (million tonnes) in January 2021 from 63.1 million tonnes in January 2020. Coal India’s coal offtake in January 2021 stood at 53.3 million tonnes, down 4.6 per cent from 55.9 million tonnes in January 2020. Coal India […]
India’s sugar output estimate has been revised lower by 8 lakh tonnes to 30.2 million tonnes for the ongoing 2020-21 marketing season (October-September), industry body ISMA said. The output has been estimated after taking into account a likely diversion of about 2 million tonne of cane juice and B-molasses for ethanol production, it said. However, […]
India’s sugar output surged 31% year on year to 14.27 million tonnes over the start of the crushing season on Oct. 1 to Jan. 15, data released by Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) showed. The surge is due to an early start to cane crushing this season amid higher cane availability. A total of 487 […]
Sugar prices in Maharashtra have fallen below the minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 3,100 per quintal because of poor demand. This, in turn has forced sugar millers to sell below the floor price to be able to make cane payments to farmers. A high opening balance at the start of the season, delayed export […]
India’s largest iron-ore miner NMDC said on Friday that it had reached an agreement with the state government of Karnataka for resuming operations at the key Donamalai mine. Production in the mine had been suspended following imposition of an 80% tax on iron-ore sales way back in November 2018. NMDC has been the leaseholder for Donamalai since […]
