UP, Maharashtra sugar mills start crushing cane29 sugar mills had started crushing operations in UP by Monday evening and another seven are expected to begin operations by Tuesday mornin...
Maharashtra millers to increase raw sugar exportsMillers are happy because the subsidy is more than Rs 110 a tonne they had asked for.
Mills must produce raw sugar for now: Traders tell MaharashtraThe Union cabinet, which was expected to take a call on export policy last week, is now likely to discuss the proposal in the current week
Maharashtra sugar output likely to be 10% below estimatesThe Indian Sugar Mills Association had said that Maharashtra would see a 3-7% increase in output last year.
Sugar sales by mills capped for 2 monthsMillers have welcomed the decision, saying it will help further improve sugar prices, which have already jumped 3.5% since the government d...
Cane crushing to begin post DiwaliThis is despite central government wanting to advance crushing season to tame inflation.
Maharashtra may start crushing season from November 1; Devendra Fadanvis says will consider demandThe state's sugar commissionerate imposes a heavy fine of Rs 500/tonne on the mills who begin the crushing operations before the date annou...
Sugar millers may lure cane growers with higher payMills in Maharashtra crushed 741 lakh tonnes of sugarcane and produced 83.79 lakh tonnes of sugar in the ongoing season, which begins in No...
Sugar industry sees little impact from ban on new mills in MarathwadaThe ban decision announced by the Maharashtra government was prompted by the severe drought situation the region is facing and sugarcane ne...
Five Latur residents raise funds to end water woesAshokrao Kukude, Trimbakdas Zawar, BB Thombre, Manoharrao Gomare and Makrand Jadhav decided that there’s no point waiting for help, and ins...
Sugar mills divided over government's order of mandatory exportA section of the industry that is not happy with the government decision plans to hold a protest march in the national capital on Friday.
With no candy from centre, mills in Maharashtra delay raw sugar produceMeanwhile, sugar prices decreased further in the domestic market, reaching Rs 26 per kg without duties in Maharashtra.
Sugar industry mourns bitter loss of Gopinath MundeHe is credited with some crucial decisions that had a lasting impact on the industry in Maharashtra, the country’s top sugar-producing stat...
Raw sugar deals slow down after subsidy announcementNew deals have dried up in the sugar sector after the Cabinet approved subsidy for raw sugar as global buyers and local exporters are quoti...
India may see fifth year of excess sugarcane output due to heavy rainfallIndia may see a fifth consecutive year of excess sugarcane production in 2014-15.
- Higher quota, monsoon revival keeps sugar prices in check
The availability of surplus sugar along with an improvement in rainfall in Maharashtra has improved the sentiments of traders and millers.
- Maharashtra may miss sugar output estimate
Maharashtra, the country's biggest sugar producer, may miss its sugar production estimate of 95 lakh tonne for 2010-11 by at least five lak...