[1] Lotokila Sugar Refinery was located in the village of Lotokila, along the southern bank of the Congo River, in Tshopo Province (formerly Orientale Province), approximately 79 kilometres (49 mi), northwest of the city of Kisangani, where the provincial capital is located.
In addition to sugar, the complex distilled ethanol for industrial use and human consumption.
They exited the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on account of a deteriorating security environment and declining financial conditions.
The provincial administration in Kisangani tried unsuccessfully to soldier on by themselves, closing the sugar mill, cutting down staff numbers by 90 percent to 300, but maintaining the cane fields.
[1] LSR was a joint venture between Tshopo Provincial Administration and an undisclosed Chinese company.