While other media outlets have been claiming families are already leaving town at the ‘thought’ of job losses at BSL, we at Gladstone News are talking the facts, not the fear.
The facts of how many jobs will be lost or when they will be lost are not known. They were not released today at the press conference held on site at the Smelter.
This Morning Gladstone News attended a conference with Joe Rea, General Manager of Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL), where he addressed the recent announcement that BSL would be curtailing production due to their inability to secure a viable power contract, thus leading to job losses.
Rea commended the staff of generators who worked tirelessly to come to an agreement on an economic power agreement, a process he was personally involved in, however despite both parties moving considerably they were not able to come to a solution.
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