Job Losses as Australia’s Last White Paper Plant Closes

Logged trees in Mountain Ash forest, Victoria, Australia, on April 30, 2018. AAP Image/The Australian National University

Australia’s last white paper manufacturing plant will close over a shortage of timber supplies, leading to job losses.

Opal Australia will withdraw from producing graphic paper at its mill in Maryvale in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, citing the sudden and unexpected suspension of wood supplies stemming from an ongoing court battle.