Long Reach woodchip mill in Tasmania reopensFriday 14 Jun 2013 A Gunns woodchip mill in northern Tasmania has reopened two years after it closed, on the back of new contracts with Japanese customers reports the Australian. The Gunns mill at Long Reach, near the fallen company's proposed pulp mill site in the Tamar Valley, will supply 500,000 tonnes of plantation woodchips by March next year.In a rare piece of good news for the ailing Tasmanian forestry sector, receivers KordaMentha have hired more than 100 contractors to work the plant. KordaMentha's Bryan Webster says 10 shiploads to Japan have been locked in and up to AU$3.5 million will be injected into the state's economy. |
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