Balrampur Chini Mills: Indian sugar and ethanol
Balrampur Chini Mills (BCML) makes sugar, ethanol and power from sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh, with ten sugar factories and integrated distilling.
Balrampur Chini Mills (BCML) is an Indian producer of sugar, ethanol and power from sugarcane, with factories in Uttar Pradesh.
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Balrampur Chini Mills, usually shortened to BCML, is an Indian producer of sugar and of products made from sugarcane processing. Its factories are in Uttar Pradesh and its shares trade on the BSE and NSE. The company combines close relationships with cane growers, sugar manufacturing, distilling and power generation in one integrated model. Beyond sugar, ethanol and power, its product areas include bagasse, DDGS and agri-inputs, with PLA manufacturing planned as an upcoming venture.
Cane farmers deliver their crop to the factories, where it is crushed to extract juice that is boiled and crystallised into sugar. The leftover syrup, molasses, is fermented and distilled into ethanol, which is blended with petrol as a fuel. Bagasse, the fibrous residue of crushed cane, is burned to raise steam and electricity. In this way one crop feeds food, fuel and industrial energy, and the grower's cane has several outlets within the same business.
Size of the business
For FY2024/25 BCML had ten sugar factories with cane crushing capacity of 80,000 tonnes per day and distillery capacity of 1,050 kilolitres per day. These figures describe what the plants can handle, not annual sales of sugar and ethanol.
Are BCML and Balrampur Chini Mills the same company?
Yes. BCML is the abbreviated company name.
Does the total facility count equal the number of sugar mills?
No. A total count of facilities can also include distilleries and cogeneration units, alongside the ten sugar factories.
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