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DuPont cutting 1,700 Delaware jobs ahead of Dow Chemical merger
2015-12-29 18:34:37| Chemicals - Topix.net
CEO Ed Breen disclosed in an employee memo DuPont plans to lay off 1,700 of its 6,100 Delaware employees in early 2016. No local facilities will be shuttered.
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Report: Climate change could could 11000 Montana outdoor jobs
2015-12-26 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Great Falls Tribune: The cost of unabated climate change in Montana could be 11,000 jobs and $281 million in labor earnings by 2050, according to a new report that attempts to quantify its economic impacts on the states outdoor economy, including hunting, fishing, skiing and snowmobiling. The report, released Tuesday, was completed by Donovan Power Consulting, a Montana-based economic consulting firm headed by the former head of the economics department at the University of Montana, at the request of the Montana...
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Hundreds to lose mine jobs as boom days end
2015-12-23 17:23:43| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Hundreds of mining jobs around Australia are set to go in 2016 as the final construction projects from the China resources boom near completion. With major projects like Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill and Chevron's Gorgon LNG edging towards the end of the construction phase, thousands of workers are looking for new work in a much weaker economy.
Shell to take axe to spending, jobs after $US53b BG Group takeover
2015-12-23 08:57:31| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has told shareholders the $US53 billion takeover of BG Group will act as a "springboard to change and reshape" the group, and outlined plans for job and spending cuts, as well as $US30 billion of asset sales that look certain to affect the business in Australia. In a prospectus issued overnight for the takeover, which is heading for completion early next year, Shell cut expected capital expenditure for the merged group by $US2 billion to about $US33 billion, down 30 per cent from 2014 levels.
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Chevron slashes 1,200 jobs in WA
2015-12-23 07:26:59| Energy - Topix.net
Oil and gas giant Chevron has slashed more than 1,200 jobs at its massive Gorgon LNG project in Western Australia in the lead up to Christmas. Around 530 electrical workers on Gorgon were laid off last week, while another 700 positions, including those of boilermakers, pipe fitters, welders and trades assistants, were axed in the last two weeks, The Australian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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