Australian Newsprint Mills (ANM) was an Australian newsprint manufacturer.
History Australian Newsprint Mills was established in 1938 to build a newsprint manufacturing plant adjacent to the River Derwent at Boyer, Tasmania.Newsprint - Derwent Valley Mills The Mercury 16 March 1938 page 5 Its founding chairman was Keith Murdoch.Australian Newsprint - The Tasmanian Mills The West Australian 14 December 1938 page 13 The plant opened in February 1941.Newsprint Industry is Born The Herald 24 February 1941 page 4Newsprint Industry in Operation The Advocate 27 February 1941 page 5
In August 1972, John Fairfax purchased News Limited's shareholding.Fairfax buys 1.2m shares in ANM Canberra Times 23 August 1972 page 25 By 1978, the major shareholders were the Herald & Weekly Times with 46% and John Fairfax with 35%.Project Worth $155m ANM Ltd to proceed with Albury newsprint mill Canberra Times 29 June 1978 page 17 In August 1981 a second plant opened in Albury, New South Wales.Wran opens $190m plant at Albury Canberra Times 29 August 1981 page 21
In March 1988 Fletcher Challenge purchased John Fairfax's 50% shareholding.TPC to investigate Fairfax assets sale Canberra Times 17 March 1988 page 3Fletcher given green light to buy ANM stake Canberra Times 16 June 1988 page 17 The company was sold to Norske Skog in April 2000.Norske to Acquire Fletcher Challenge's Paper Group Recycling Today 3 April 2000Norske Skog Will Buy Paper Division Of Fletcher Challenge for $2.5 Billion Wall Street Journal 4 April 2000
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