Newspaper articles `Kelco workers admit defeat in jobs fight` and `Tory hits out over Kelco`, 1996

Photocopy of two newspaper articles: (1) Workers at Barcaldine`s Kelco factory lose jobs due to the highly competitive market for algin, (2) Ralph Leishman hits back at Ray Mitchie`s criticism over the criticism of the Kelco plant – arguing that it was a failing industry.

Photocopy of newspaper article `Workers in bid to save Kelco`.

Details of bid by workers to save jobs at Barcaldine`s alginate factory in the face of imminent closure

Newspaper articles `Plant closure a bitter blow to job prospects in Argyll` and `Seaweed jobs axed`, 1996

Two photocopied newspaper articles: (1) Kelco seaweed processing plant in Barcaldine threatened with closure. It produced algin, used in a range of food, pharmaceutical and industrial products. (2) 80 jobs lost with the closure of the Kelco plant at Barcaldine, due to fierce international competition in the algin market.