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. ^[1] Its founding chairman was Keith Murdoch. ^[2] The plant opened in February 1941. ^{[3] [4]}

In August 1972, John Fairfax purchased News Limited's shareholding. ^[5] By 1978, the major shareholders were the Herald & Weekly Times with 46% and John Fairfax with 35%. ^[6] In August 1981 a second plant opened in Albury, New South Wales. ^[7]

In March 1988 Fletcher Challenge purchased John Fairfax's 50% shareholding. ^{[8] [9]} The company was sold to Norske Skog in April 2000. ^{[10] [11]}

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