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Gove bauxite mine takes up cost cutting measures
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The bauxite mining and refining operation on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory has stopped replacing workers who leave their jobs, in an effort to cut costs.
The strong Australian dollar and poor prices for bauxite and aluminium products have forced the mine's owners, Pacific Aluminium, to look for savings.
General manager of the Gove operations, Frank Willsdon, says the mine is cutting costs now in an attempt to make the operation sustainable in the future.
"So that means getting as efficient as we can about the use of energy, about the use of caustic, which is one of our main process chemicals, indeed getting as lean as we can on the manpower front, which means operating with less people in the past than we have; not doing less work, but working in a smart way."
The strong Australian dollar and poor prices for bauxite and aluminium products have forced the mine's owners, Pacific Aluminium, to look for savings.
General manager of the Gove operations, Frank Willsdon, says the mine is cutting costs now in an attempt to make the operation sustainable in the future.
"So that means getting as efficient as we can about the use of energy, about the use of caustic, which is one of our main process chemicals, indeed getting as lean as we can on the manpower front, which means operating with less people in the past than we have; not doing less work, but working in a smart way."
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