Wesley Vale pulp mill
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The Wesley Vale pulp mill was a planned kraft process
pulp mill
was to be built near Wesley Vale in northern Tasmania
in the late 1980s. The claim that waste would have been generated by the mill and present a threat to Tasmania's World Heritage listed forests became a significant environmental and political issue at the State and Federal levels and construction of the mill was eventually canceled by its foreign-owned backers Noranda and North Ltd.
Kraft process
The kraft process describes a technology for conversion of wood into wood pulp consisting of almost pure cellulose fibers...
pulp mill
Pulp mill
A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fibre source into a thick fibre board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. Pulp can be manufactured using mechanical, semi-chemical or fully chemical methods...
was to be built near Wesley Vale in northern Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
in the late 1980s. The claim that waste would have been generated by the mill and present a threat to Tasmania's World Heritage listed forests became a significant environmental and political issue at the State and Federal levels and construction of the mill was eventually canceled by its foreign-owned backers Noranda and North Ltd.
Further reading
- (1988) Export pulp mill project, Wesley Vale Tasmania : environmental impact statement October 1988. Proponents: North Broken Hill Ltd, Noranda Forest St. Leonards, N.S.W. Sinclair Knight & Partners.
- Tasmania. Dept. of the Environment.(1989) Assessment report on the export pulp mill project, Wesley Vale Tasmania, environmental impact statement Hobart, Dept. of the Environment, Tasmania.