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News Boral to shut kiln in favour of clinker imports

Boral to shut kiln in favour of clinker imports

Written by Global Cement staff 06 December 2012
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Australia: Building products maker Boral is cutting 90 jobs as it reduces some manufacturing at a cement plant in Geelong, Victoria, in favour of imports. About 90 staff at the Waurn Ponds cement plant will be affected by the suspension of clinker production. Boral intends to import clinker due to the high Australian dollar and low shipping costs and use the plant as a cement milling facility only. It is thought that the kiln will be shut down by April 2013.

The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) said that it will work with the company to try and save as many jobs as possible. Talks will be held with the workers over coming weeks to explore all options, to avoid or mitigate job losses and to organise redundancies or redeployment within the company.

"A continued low level of demand associated with the downturn in Australian building and construction activity is also adversely impacting the profitability of Boral's cement business, where high fixed cost manufacturing assets continue to be under-utilised," said Boral's CEO Mike Kane said in a statement. "Across all of our businesses we need to ensure that we are aligning our domestic production with demand levels and that our cost structures are globally competitive and can be sustained through the cycle."

Last modified on 12 December 2012
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