15 December 2004
Jobs Focus as Alcan Opens Recruiting Office
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Clare Martin MLA
Chief Minister
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In another sign that the Territory is moving ahead, Alcan, our largest exporter, today opened its first office in Darwin Chief Minister Clare Martin said.
“This is the one-stop job shop for one of the Territory’s biggest investors,” she said.
“For Territorians wanting work on Alcan’s $2 billion Gove expansion - the biggest investment project ever undertaken in Territory history - this should be the first port of call.
“Over 1,250 job applications have already been received by the company since advertising began in November and there have been more than 20,000 hits on the website.
“The project has also already created 220 jobs in Gove and 11 in Darwin .”
In September Ms Martin joined senior representatives of Alcan in Darwin for the announcement of the go-ahead for the $2 billion Third Stage Expansion Project of the company’s Gove Pty Ltd Alumina Refinery on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land .
“At $2 billion dollars, this project is bigger than the Alice to Darwin railway and Wickham Point LNG plant and will employ 1500 - 1700 people directly in the construction phase during its peak and many more indirectly in Territory supply and service industries,” she said.
“Once completed, exports of Alumina will increase from $560 million per year to $980 million and, along the way, establish the refinery as a world class facility.”
Ms Martin said that the project will offer local business the opportunity to secure significant construction and servicing contracts, to develop expanded and specialised services and provide opportunities for the development of indigenous enterprises.