IN a bid to curb power supply disrutions, StarAfrica Corporation (StarAfrica) has invested in alternative power to finally deal with energy issues that have for a long time curtailed throughput and negatively impacted plant uptime.
For the past two years, the listed sugar production firm has made a significant investment in re-tooling the Harare unit through acceleration of replacement of critical machinery such as centrifugal machines, an effluent treatment plant, and rehabilitation of the raw sugar warehouse.
While the equipment maintenance and re-tooling programme which began in 2020 has started to pay off, StarAfrica has been grappling with power blues, which continued to impact production.
StarAfrica said the government’s recently introduced tight monetary policy and its focus on fiscal sustainability if maintained, should lead to lower inflation levels.
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