Through a joint venture with Mackay Sugar, Wilmar holds a 75 per cent stake in Sugar Australia, which operates two refineries – one at Yarraville in Melbourne, Victoria, and another at the Racecourse Mill in Mackay, Queensland. The business has depots and/or port facilities in Mackay, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Sugar Australia is the leading supplier of quality refined sugar products in Australia in the domestic market and the largest exporter of Australian refined sugar. It services both the industrial and consumer sugar segments and markets the CSR Sugar brand.
Sugar Australia operates a specialised food-grade bulk refined sugar vessel, MV “Pioneer”, which is one of only three in the world. With a cargo capacity of 20,000 tonnes, the “Pioneer” is designed to load and transport refined sugar in bulk into the international market.