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Article: Vic: Govt should create jobs in Ballarat as mine sheds jobs: AWU
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- July 21, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-21-2009
Vic: Govt should create jobs in Ballarat as mine sheds jobs: AWU
By Rebecca Le May, Xavier La Canna and Jamie Duncan
MELBOURNE, July 21 AAP - The Victorian government must act to stimulate the economy
in the Ballarat region after the loss of 200 jobs at the city's Lihir gold mine, a union
says.
The Papua New Guinea-focused gold miner says it will pursue expressions of interest
to buy the mine, after determining the operation's future output will fall short of its
targets.
Lihir said underground development activity at the mine had been reduced and total
staff numbers would be slashed to around 100, from 300, "in order to maintain operations
during ...