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Tim King: Tasman District mayor on the impact of the proposed Eves Valley Sawmill closure · Best of Business

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to a podcast from News Talk sed Be
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  Speaker 2: Yet another mill is likely to close. This time it's
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  Speaker 2: Carter hold Harvey's Eves Valley sawmill near Nelson. One hundred
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  Speaker 2: and forty two jobs could be lost if this does happen.
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  Speaker 2: Tasman mayor Tim King lives next door to the mill
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  Speaker 2: and he's with us. Now, Hey Tim, Hey, hey you go.
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  Speaker 2: I'm very well, Thank you, Tim. It doesn't sound like
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  Speaker 2: this time it is related to the price of energy.
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  Speaker 2: It just sounds like the co O mill is very efficient. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, I mean this is just a pure business decision.
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  Speaker 3: This is a very efficient saw mill. There's actually been
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  Speaker 3: a lot invested in it in the last five years
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  Speaker 3: to make it as efficient as possible. It's just that
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  Speaker 3: cal Ra was more efficient and they obviously want to
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  Speaker 3: source all their sawn timber from a single location. So yep,
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  Speaker 3: not due to energy prices or anything to do with
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  Speaker 3: this mill itself. Just so happens there's one mill that's
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  Speaker 3: more efficient than this one.
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  Speaker 2: Which says to me then that it's probably a case
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  Speaker 2: of you guys not being able to change their minds.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, from the conversations I've had over the course of
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  Speaker 3: today that that's absolutely the perception I've got. There's no
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  Speaker 3: chance of this decision changing.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, well tell me you know for your area, how
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  Speaker 2: devastating is the loss of one hundred and forty two jobs.
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  Speaker 3: It's very significant and it's so obviously the most significant
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  Speaker 3: impact and most immediate is on those one hundred and
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  Speaker 3: forty two people directly employed at these valley but there
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  Speaker 3: is a wide range of other businesses that support these
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  Speaker 3: valley saw It's a big component of the forestry sector
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  Speaker 3: in this region, so it's a very significant impact.
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  Speaker 2: So if it does go ahead, and it sounds like
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  Speaker 2: it's going to what happens to the land next to you?
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  Speaker 3: From what Again? My understanding is it's going to be
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  Speaker 3: retained in the ownership of Carter Holt Harvey. The mill
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  Speaker 3: will be mothboard, the recently installed equipment is likely to
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  Speaker 3: be disassembled in shipped to carrel or another location, and
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  Speaker 3: this land will ultimately the fate of it will be
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  Speaker 3: decided by Cardhold Harvey at some point in time.
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  Speaker 2: Tim, thanks for talking to us, appreciate it. Tim King,
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  Speaker 2: Tasman mayor for more from News Talk sed B.
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