Rum Cements Success
Hey bar tender, this rum has concrete underpinnings but has a bright spark…
But still a worth enterprise for Mauritius, some of whose rums I have in my cellar!
Rumpundit.
MTMD Flexi-factory goes full swing
The Mon Trésor Mon Désert flexi-factory is the first of its kind in the country and will simultaneously refine sugar, produce cement additives, agricultural rhum, electricity and manufacture bio-fuel.
The Prime Minister, Dr Navin Ramgoolam, applauded the opening of the MTMD flexi-factory and hoped that other sugar companies would follow suit.
He said that this was a landmark project marking an important milestone in the cane industry. “This ensures the long-term viability of the sector at a time when we are in the final year of the EU sugar preference agreement. My Government will ensure that cane cluster projects will come to fruition and we will not allow self-interested parties prevail over the national interest,” he said.
MTMD CEO Jacques D’Unienville stressed that the flexi-factory will cost Rs 11 billion once completed and added that he also looked forward to the launching of its wind farm project. “A 25 Mega watt wind farm in Britania will be completed by the end of 2010. The aim is to create greater wealth for a greater number of people,” he said.
MTMD handles1.5 billion tonnes of sugar per year representing 1/3 of the total output of the country.