PLANT SHUTDOWNS – TASMANIA

Clock ticking on South32 manganese smelter jobs

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Original article by Brad Thompson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 18-Oct-19

Diversified miner South32 has reported that production at its Illawarra metallurgical coal mines increased by 30 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the three months to September, while manganese ore production rose by 10 per cent. South32 has also advised that it is continuing to review the TEMCO manganese alloy smelter in Tasmania, and it will further update the market in the March 2020 quarter. Closure of the smelter would result in the loss of about 250 jobs; other options include selling or mothballing the facility.

CORPORATES
SOUTH32 LIMITED – ASX S32, TASMANIAN ELECTRO METALLURGICAL COMPANY PTY LTD

Tasmanian dairy workers offer 20pc pay cut to save jobs

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Original article by Sue Neales
The Australian – Page: Online : 7-Nov-17

Struggling dairy producer Murray Goulburn is due to close a milk processing plant at Edith Creek in Tasmania on 30 November. However, staff there have agreed to forgo around 20 per cent of their take-home wages if another company agrees to acquire the factory and keep it open. TasAsia Dairy is interested in acquiring the plant, and National Union of Workers’ official Neil Smith says it, the NWU and the plant’s more than 100 workers have entered into a preliminary agreement that would see it remain open.

CORPORATES
MURRAY GOULBURN CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY LIMITED,TASASIA DAIRY,NATIONAL UNION OF WORKERS,SAPUTO INCORPORATED,TASMANIA. DEPT OF EDUCATION,DUTCH HILL DAIRY GROUP