It was not possible to obtain durable fuel briquettes made with molasses alone. Increasing the mass fraction of molasses continuously improved the briquette combustion parameters, but the compressive strength remained below the required minimum while significantly increasing friction in the processing and transport equipment. Use of a two-component binder (molasses and starch) resulted in a stronger briquettes, but these were still inadequate to meet the minimum strength requirements. The samples with unmodified potato starch as a binder produced good results; the fuel briquettes met the required criteria for the axial compression and the drop tests (Table 3).