Aluminium industry ‘at risk’
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) warned of the potential for the local aluminium industry to be lost on 14 July 2008. The union launched a report by think tank Per Capita, claiming 15,000 jobs could be lost under the Federal Government’s carbon trading scheme, unless proper compensation is provided. According to the report, the scheme could cause polluting companies to shift their operations to countries with less environmentally sound policies. Union national secretary, Paul Howes, said such a change would result in greater overall emissions, as refinery processes undertaken in Australia require 50 per cent less emissions than those in China. A report released by the Climate Institute on 14 July suggested that the world’s most efficient aluminium smelters are in Africa
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