Hundreds of jobs will be created in Gladstone after the Federal government announced a $75 million investment in the region.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the National Reconstruction Fund announced an investment in Alpha HPA to support the completion of its construction and operation of the world\u2019s largest High Purity Alumina (HPA) production facility in the region.<\/p>\n
The project would deliver Australia\u2019s first commercial-scale HPA facility, the government said, reinforcing the region\u2019s role as a leading industrial and advanced manufacturing hub.<\/p>\n
About 420 jobs would be created during construction, along with the 80 ongoing roles once the facility is in operation<\/p>\n
Industry and Innovation Minister Tim Ayres said the investment would strengthen \u201cGladstone\u2019s position as a major industrial hub\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis investment will deliver Australia\u2019s first commercial\u2011scale High Purity Alumina facility in Central Queensland, creating hundreds of jobs,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Alpha HPA is used in modern chips, also known as semiconductors, to help conduct heat away from critical components.<\/p>\n
By producing HPA domestically, Australia would be positioned at the centre of future technology global supply chains, the government said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of jobs will be created in Gladstone after the Federal government announced a $75 million investment in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,75,128],"class_list":["post-455010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}