Liberty Bell Bay smelter workers plead for government support as final payday looms
Standing outside Australia’s only manganese smelter, Mikayla Binns says the prospect of having to find a new job…
Administrators tell Liberty Bell Bay workers to take leave without pay or be sacked
About 175 workers at Australia’s only manganese smelter, Liberty Bell Bay, have been told they will be laid…
Workers at Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter face last payday as unions call for certainty
With just one certain payday left for workers at the embattled Liberty Bell Bay smelter, unions are calling…
Liberty Bell Bay placed into voluntary administration after years of GFG Alliance financial struggles
The owner of the Bell Bay manganese smelter in northern Tasmania has entered voluntary administration. Ernst and Young…
Liberty Bell Bay faces shutdown after failure to lodge annual financial reports for five years
The corporate regulator has moved to wind up the Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter in northern Tasmania, citing…
Tasmania takes control of ore stockpile after Liberty Bell Bay defaults on $20 million loan
The Tasmanian government has appointed receivers and managers to protect the manganese ore stockpile paid for by taxpayers…
Liberty Bell Bay looks for new use for manganese by-product, after environmental authority intervention
Liberty Bell Bay was ordered to put a stop to the removal of a by-product from its smelter…
Government deal to ensure Tomago Aluminium smelter remains open beyond 2028
The federal government will step in to ensure Australia’s largest aluminium smelter remains open. Tomago Aluminium in the…
Bell Bay Aluminium and Hydro Tasmania ‘buy time’ with short-term power deal
Bell Bay Aluminium has reached an in-principle, 12-month power agreement, after it last month told staff the company’s…
US private credit provider White Oak eyeing off Tasmania’s troubled Liberty Bell Bay smelter
A US private credit provider reported to be eyeing off Tasmania’s troubled Liberty Bell Bay smelter met with…
GFG Alliance accused of not meeting Tasmanian loan conditions over manganese ore supply
The Tasmanian government has accused the owner of a manganese smelter in the state’s north of failing to…