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Cheap imports a blow for locals
The head of a Victorian company that manufactures giant towers for wind turbines says it could go out of business because it cannot compete with cheaper imports from Korea and China, and has called for an import tariff to protect green industries in Australia from dumping.
October 1, 2012
by Brendan Nicholson
in The Australian
The head of a Victorian company that manufactures giant towers for wind turbines says it could go out of business because it cannot compete with cheaper imports from Korea and China, and has called for an import tariff to protect green industries in Australia from dumping.
Steve Garner, of Keppel Prince Engineering in Portland, told The Australian he feared his company had missed out on a $30 million contract to build 64 turbine towers for a wind farm near Ballarat. Mr Garner said it appeared the turbine supplier, REpower, had given the contract for the towers that supported its technology to... [continue via Web link]
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