Aska mill commences sugarcane crushing

26 December 2011: The Aska Cooperative Sugar Industries (ASCIL) has started processing sugarcane for the crop year 2011-12 (October 2011-September 2012) with a target to produce 1,60,000 tonne of sugar.

In 2010, the factory crushed 81,924 tonnes of sugarcane and had produced 6,618 tonnes of sugar, with a recovery percentage of 8.1 per cent. The factory operated for only 57 days in the previous crop year.

Source: Hindu Business Line