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Up to 116 jobs to be cut in mines around Whyalla in Upper Spencer Gulf
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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9/13/2024
Up to 116 jobs are expected to go in mines near Whyalla in South Australia - the latest round of redundancies linked to steelworks operator GFG Alliance.
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GFG Alliance says that with changes coming to the type of iron ore being extracted, fuel
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workers are needed for now.
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The company, which also owns the Wayala Steelworks, says that it's shifting away from hematite
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mining and shifting its focus towards a greener future to mining magnetite ore.
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But that means that up to 116 jobs will be shed by contractors from mid-October.
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And it follows a recent wave of job losses at the mine in May when 56 jobs were dropped
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and after 48 white-collar jobs were also axed just last month.
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The local Labor MP Eddie Hughes has criticised the move and he says that these job losses
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are going to deeply affect the community in and around Wayala and he says he's also concerned
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with how GFG is currently running its businesses.
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The blast furnace at the steelworks was offline for nearly four months earlier this year after
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it cooled down too much during maintenance work and that saw many of the 1,100 employees
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with up to 30% less pay until it became operational again in July.
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Just earlier this week the steelworks also announced that it will be cutting costs by
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reducing some of that maintenance work.
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And the size of some of the debts linked to GFG's upper Spencer Gulf businesses have also
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recently been raised under parliamentary privilege.
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In a statement to the ABC the company says that it's invested over a billion dollars
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into its Wayala operations since taking over the plant in 2017 but a spokesperson says
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that these changes are set to continue over the coming months so it could mean more uncertainty
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for those in Wayala.
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