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The '''Wesley Vale pulp mill''' was a planned [[kraft process]] [[pulp mill]], to be built near [[Wesley Vale, Tasmania|Wesley Vale]] and [[Devonport Airport]] 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 (mining company)|Noranda]] and [[North Ltd.]]

==See also==
*[[Woodchipping]]
*[[Papermaking]]
*[[Christine Milne]], a notable opponent of the mill

==References==
*Department of Transport and Regional Services. 2003. Cradle Coast Region Tasmania, Chapter 5 - [http://www.cradlecoast.com/Files/00378_ProfileEnvironment.pdf Environment].

==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.
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