Al Nouran sugar facility begins operations in May

Al Nouran Sugar is due to start operations at its new plant in Sharkia by May, VP for sugar production Ahmed Abdel Moneim told Reuters. The facility will have an annual production capacity of over 600k tonnes divided into 280k tonnes from sugar beet and around 350k tonnes from raw sugar, he added. 30% of production is earmarked for export, he said.