The Fiji Sugar Corporation says the Penang Sugar Mill in Rakiraki will not be ready for this season, starting in August, due to the impact of Cyclone Winston.
Chairman Abdul Khan says that it had put in place a strategy to build a syrup mill in Penang to be ready by next year.
He says as rebuilding the Penang mill would have been very costly, there was an advantage to opt for a modern and more high efficient mill.
Khan says farmers around the area would have to take their sugarcane to the Rarawai Mill in Ba for crushing.
