Owner of Port Pirie and Hobart smelters makes pitch for government intervention
The operator of smelters in South Australia and Tasmania is urging state and federal governments to provide "essential" ...
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Trafigura casts doubt over the future of zinc and lead smelters in Australia
The future of ‘uneconomical’ smelters in Hobart and Port Pirie are under review by Nyrstar’s Singapore-based parent company, ...
Minerals chief warns against taxpayer bailout for struggling smelters
Andrew Michelmore, the former chief of ASX-listed zinc smelter Zinifex, said taxpayer funds paid out in bad times should be ...
Planning Commission panel lashes Hobart's Macquarie Point stadium plan
A panel assessing the proposed Macquarie Point stadium in Hobart believes the government has grossly underestimated the cost ...
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Australian Workers’ Union Tasmania secretary Robert Flanagan warns future of Nyrstar Hobart zinc works ‘uncertain’
Nyrstar’s multinational parent company, Trafigura, also wrote down the value of its Hobart and Port Pirie smelters by a combined sum of more than half-a-billion US dollars over the last two ...