Subscribe to RSS feedPaper cuts to hurt Bass Strait trade
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Dale Crisp
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Dec 18, 2009 11:16 AM
A DECISION by paper manufacturer PaperlinX to close its Wesley Vale mill near Devonport in Tasmania and part-close its Burnie mill will have a significant effect on the shipping and transport industry.
Last week’s news followed an earlier blow to Tasmania’s north-west coast after McCain Foods decided to close its vegetable-processing plant at Smithton. The combined closures are likely to cost around 450 jobs, and a further 170 could go if PaperlinX...
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