Australian Newsprint Mills

Former Australian newsprint manufacturer

Australian Newsprint MillsIndustry| Manufacturing

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Founded| 1938

Number of locations

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Products| Newsprint

Australian Newsprint Mills (ANM) was an Australian newsprint manufacturer.

## History

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Australian Newsprint Mills was established in 1938 to build a newsprint manufacturing plant adjacent to the River Derwent at Boyer, Tasmania.[1] Its founding chairman was Keith Murdoch.[2] The plant opened in February 1941.[3][4]

In August 1972, John Fairfax purchased News Limited's shareholding.[5] By 1978, the major shareholders were the Herald & Weekly Times with 46% and John Fairfax with 35%.[6] In August 1981 a second plant opened in Albury, New South Wales.[7]

In March 1988 Fletcher Challenge purchased John Fairfax's 50% shareholding.[8][9] The company was sold to Norske Skog in April 2000.[10][11]

## References

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1. ^ Newsprint - Derwent Valley Mills The Mercury 16 March 1938 page 5
2. ^ Australian Newsprint - The Tasmanian Mills The West Australian 14 December 1938 page 13
3. ^ Newsprint Industry is Born The Herald 24 February 1941 page 4
4. ^ Newsprint Industry in Operation The Advocate 27 February 1941 page 5
5. ^ Fairfax buys 1.2m shares in ANM Canberra Times 23 August 1972 page 25
6. ^ Project Worth $155m ANM Ltd to proceed with Albury newsprint mill Canberra Times 29 June 1978 page 17
7. ^ Wran opens $190m plant at Albury Canberra Times 29 August 1981 page 21
8. ^ TPC to investigate Fairfax assets sale Canberra Times 17 March 1988 page 3
9. ^ Fletcher given green light to buy ANM stake Canberra Times 16 June 1988 page 17
10. ^ Norske to Acquire Fletcher Challenge's Paper Group Recycling Today 3 April 2000
11. ^ Norske Skog Will Buy Paper Division Of Fletcher Challenge for $2.5 Billion Wall Street Journal 4 April 2000

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