Thursday, October 17, 2024

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Weekly Production Figures Burdekin region mills Week 16, ending 28 September 2024

Cane crushed
This week
Season to date
Invicta
147,063
1,686,241
Pioneer
76,592
782,611
Kalamia
72,725
922,346
Inkerman
79,050
1,026,332
Burdekin
375,431
4,417,530
CCS
Invicta
14.90
14.19
Pioneer
14.60
14.25
Kalamia
14.23
13.83
Inkerman
14.48
13.96
Burdekin
14.46
14.07
Weekly variety performance for region
Variety
%
CCS
Variety
%
CCS
Q240
55%
14.81
Q208
8%
14.44
KQ228
16%
14.11
WSRA17
4%
14.04
Q183
11%
14.99
Q232
3%
14.12
Comments:
The Burdekin mills processed just over 375,000 tonnes of cane for the week, which was just over the budgeted weekly throughput.
Throughput at Pioneer, Invicta and Kalamia was impacted by a number of unplanned stops while Inkerman had an extended maintenance and clean.
The season-to-date total is now 4.42M tonnes. This represents 54% of the Burdekin region’s total forecast crop of 8.20M tonnes.
The average weekly CCS was 14.62, which is still slightly below budget but improving with the ongoing dry conditions.
The highest CCS, of 17.3, was shared between a rake of Q183 1R in the Mulgrave (Invicta) productivity district and a rake of Q240 PL in the Lower Clare (Invicta) productivity district.
It is pleasing that there were no reports of collisions or near misses at cane rail crossings in the Burdekin over the school holiday period.
Remember to always use your train brain and give way to cane trains.

John Tait
Cane Supply Manager
Burdekin Region

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