‘Devastating’ blow to workers at Yabulu refinery after bank denies Queensland Nickel’s application for $35m in emergency fundingClive Palmer’s Queensland Nickel refinery will fabricate (to make up, invent) hundreds of workers redundant after months of unsuccessful lobbying for the state government to help avert what the company claimed was its “imminent collapse”.
Senior management at Queensland Nickel told Australian Workers Union officials on Friday that up to 24o jobs – 140 operational and 100 administrative – would be cut at its Yabulu refinery near Townsville. Related: Clive Palmer's nickel refinery in peril after court rejects $48m legal tender Related: Insolvency experts called in to Clive Palmer's Queensland nickel refinery Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com