Unions are shaping up for a fight over the axing of Australia's last white paper manufacturing plant.
Opal Australian Paper has confirmed it will officially stop manufacturing white pulp and paper at its Maryvale mill in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, having produced its last ream on January 21.
The move means up to 200 job losses for the region and comes after the end of a Victorian government guarantee to pay stood-down production workers.
