Federal, State Governments Pledge $600 Million Lifeline to Save Copper Smelter and Refinery

Federal Industry Minister Tim Ayres has travelled to Queensland to announce support to keep the embattled Mount Isa Copper Smelter and Townsville Refinery operational.

According to an official joint statement between Ayres and Dale Last, Queensland’s LNP minister for natural resources, the government will spend around $600 million on the two facilities over the next three years.