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Deep river Beau Champ LtdDeep River-Beau Champ Limited
The Company, founded in 1912, cultivates 4,000 hectares of sugar cane, in the Eastern part of Mauritius around the villages Grande Rivière South East, Bel Air, Sebastopol and Ferney further South. A total of 320,000 tonnes of canes is harvested annually, representing an operating income of Rs 500m for the last financial year. Over recent years, significant investments have been made to increase the mechanisation of fields operations, which has now reached 54% of the area under cane. The Company currently provides 1,000 permanent employment opportunites.

Cane Growing
 
Area cultivated
4,000 Ha
 
Average annual cane production
320,000 t
 
Cane Yield per Hectare
90 t
 
Average sucrose level
12.25 %
 
 
 
Deep River-Beau Champ Milling Co. LtdDeep River-Beau Champ Milling Company Limited
Deep River-Beau Champ Milling Company Limited owns a sugar factory, situated in Beau Champ, processing 6,000 tonnes of cane per day, over a period of 130 harvest days. The annual sugar production amounts to 80,000 tonnes, of which 60,000 tonnes is refined sugar for Europe and 20,000 tonnes of sugar for direct consumption. All the production is intended for export, mainly on the EU market. The company has a turnover of Rs 325 m and employs 230 persons.





Factory Results Table
 
Estate Canes
296,500 t
 
Planters & Metayers
395,370 t
 
Total Canes Maniputaled
691,870 t
 
Extraction Rate
10.95
 
Sugar produced inclusive of Raw & Special Sugars
75, 738 t
 

Sugar Production 2006
 
Raw sugar
60,000 t
 
Muscovado
7,500 t
 
Demerara
10,000 t
 
TOTAL
77,500 t
 
 
 
Consolidated energy LtdConsolidated Energy Co. Ltd
Consolidated Energy Co. Ltd (CEL), situated next to the Deep River-Beau Champ sugar mill, started its operations in April 1998. CEL is an independent power producer, with an installed capacity of 25MW, the Company exports electricity to the national grid, under a Power Purchase Agreement. During the harvest, bagasse (the fibrous residue after the juice has been extracted from the sugar cane) and during intercrop, coal, are burnt to produce 160 GWh of electricity annually, of which 50 GWh are for the sugar factory processing requirements and 110 GWh are exported to the national grid. The Company has an operating income of USD 8m and employs 35 persons.

Power Generation Statistics    
Production capacity
(GWh)
 
Coal
99
 
Bagasse
61
 
TOTAL
160
 
 
 
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