Shredded sugar beets are pictured during the production process at the sugar refinery in Aarberg near Bern November 12, 2013. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
The Ministry of Industry in Algeria, has recently announced the opening of a new sugar refinery with a capacity of 350,000 tonnes a year, in the country
Officials have revealed that the refinery which will be run by French company, Cristal Union and local company La Belle would double to 700,000 tonnes a year “within months”.
The refinery’s output is expected to serve the domestic Algerian market, which is estimated to consume 1.2 million tonnes a year.
Family-owned company, Cevital, had been the sole sugar refiner in the North African country with a capacity of around 1 million tonnes a year. It imports most of its raw sugar from Brazil.
