At approximately US$30 million, the South African firm Bosch Engineering is finalising work on six tasks at the problem-plagued Skeldon Factory and taxpayers will have to foot the bill after the Chinese firm originally contracted signed off with myriad issues still unresolved.
The figure of US$30M disclosed to Stabroek News will add on to what was a costly US$200M project that five years on is still not delivering anywhere near its projected 110,000 tonnes of sugar per annum. Indeed, deep into the second crop, it is yet to begin production. Today has been given as yet another starting day for grinding.
Government and GuySuCo officials have been coy on the cost of the remedial/repair works. They have also not
