The North Queensland Registered reports on the start-up of PSM Biorefinery: REALISING their future depended on the mill producing more than raw sugar the Proserpine Cooperative Sugar Milling Association board in 2002 decided to find a way of value-adding its under utilised cane fibre (bagasse). 

Their investigations turned up furfural (plant resins) which could be extracted from the bagasse before it was used to fire the boilers.

A May 2010 presentation by Proserpine Sugar's CEO, John Power, on adding value to sugar cane:
- Location and History
- Key Data
- Cane Supply
- Raw Sugar
- Biorefinery: Furfural
- ProSoil P - Composted Soil Conditioner