212 Mulgrave Mill Mulgrave Mill was constructed on the current site in 1895 and commenced crushing in 1896 processing 13,753 tons of cane in its first year of operation in Australia. The mill was established as a grower owned co-operative and maintained this status until mid-2008 when the company came under the ownership of The Maryborough Sugar Factory Limited now MSF Sugar Limited. Since 2012, Mulgrave Mill has been owned by Thai-based Mitr Phol Group, one of the world's five largest sugar milling companies. Located at Gordonvale, 25km south of Cairns, Mulgrave Mill produces and exports about 160,000 tons of raw sugar annually. Each year sugar cane is supplied from around 200 farming entities with an average farm output of around 6,000 tons. Part of the mill's operations include the maintenance of its 256 kilometer cane railway system, which allows for cane to be hauled with no impact on local roads. Mulgrave Mill generates all of the power required by the factory for operation during the crushing season in addition to exporting electricity to the state grid. CHAPTER 14