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South Kivu Sugar Refinery

South Kivu Sugar Refinery is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand South Kivu Sugar Refinery rather than just read about it. In short: South Kivu Sugar Refinery (SKSR) ( French: Sucrerie du Kivu), formerly called Kiliba Sugar Refinery (French: Sucrerie de Kiliba), is a sugar manufacturing company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After a 25-year period of inactivity since 1996, the sugar factory resumed production in March 2021, under new management and a new brand name.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

South Kivu Sugar Refinery (SKSR) ( French: Sucrerie du Kivu), formerly called Kiliba Sugar Refinery (French: Sucrerie de Kiliba), is a sugar manufacturing company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After a 25-year period of inactivity since 1996, the sugar factory resumed production in March 2021, under new management and a new brand name.

Location The sugar refinery and the headquarters of the company that operates the factory are located in the town of Kiliba, in the Ruzizi Region, in Uvira Territory in South Kivu Province, in eastern DR Congo. This is approximately 106 kilometres (66 mi), by road, south of the city of Bukavu, the provincial capital. Kiliba is located about 16.5 kilometres (10 mi), by road, north of the city of Uvira, on the northern shores of Lake Tanganyika.

Overview The sugar factory was established in 1956 by a Belgian national, Baron Kronacker, under the name "Sucrerie de Kiliba" (Kiliba Sugar Refinery). The factory averaged between 15,000 tons and 19,000 tons of sugar, in annual output, with maximum production of 21,000 tons, achieved once in its history. Due to mismanagement, annual sugar output fell to 900 tons by 1996. That same year saw the beginning of the First Congo War. Sucrerie Kiliba closed down in 1996 due to economic reasons and a deteriorating security situation.

Take-over and rehabilitation In the 2000s the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which owned 40 percent of Kiliba Sugar Refinery, dissolved the company and invited qualified investors to form a new company and rehabilitate the plantation and factory. They settled on a consortium, based in Tanzania, with a track record of profitable investments in sugar growing, processing and marketing. The consortium is referred to as the "Super Group of Companies". Beginning circa 2017, the Tanzanian consortium, using their own funds and starting with a sugarcane nursery of 350 hectares (860 acres), expanded the acreage under cultivation to 3,500 hectares (8,600 acres). They also rehabilitated and modernized the factory. The Congolese government, did not participate financially in the company's modernization and upgrade, despite being a shareholder in the business.

Ownership As of March 2021, the shareholding in the stock of South Kivu Sugar Refinery is as illustrated in the table below.

See also Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo List of sugar manufacturers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

External links Kiliba Sugar Complex Rehabilitation And Extension Project As at October 1995.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with South Kivu Sugar Refinery

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what South Kivu Sugar Refinery claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to South Kivu Sugar Refinery before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about South Kivu Sugar Refinery ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of South Kivu Sugar Refinery

In research: South Kivu Sugar Refinery appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses South Kivu Sugar Refinery in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: South Kivu Sugar Refinery is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1956 establishments in the Belgian Congo, Agriculture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Food and drink companies established in 1956, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for South Kivu Sugar Refinery outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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