November 12, 2010
Sudan's White Nile Sugar to build animal feed plant
Sudan's White Nile Sugar Co. has signed agreements to build an ethanol factory and animal feed plant with China's CAMC Engineering Co., managing director Hassan Satti said.
"The agreement is for the construction of two factories," which would begin production in the crop year ending April 2012 when White Nile intends to commence sugar production, Satti said.
The ethanol factory will have a capacity of 46 million litres a year and will use molasses, a byproduct from White Nile's sugar production, Satti said. The animal-feed plant will produce 100,000 tonnes annually, he said.
According to Satti, Beijing-based China CAMC Engineering will start constructing the factories in January, upon arrival from a trip to China and India with Sudan's industry minister, Awad Ahmed al-Jazz.
The goal of the trip is to promote other planned projects by Kenana Sugar Co., which has a 30% stake in White Nile, including Al-Sofeyya sugar factory, a sugar refinery and a port to export agricultural products to be built in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Satti said.
There was "big interest" from several Chinese companies in these projects, with detailed talks scheduled to start in December in Sudan, Satti said. He declined to reveal the names of the companies.