00:00An energy project that's getting off the ground, with construction of a 240 megawatt
00:07battery being built near Mannum.
00:09Enough to support around 50,000 South Australian homes with energy on a daily basis.
00:17But there's growing doubts over plans for green energy and a hydrogen plant for Waiala.
00:22With news the town's Steelworks owner, GFG Alliance, is facing issues at its mine in
00:27New South Wales.
00:29Bills go unpaid and another mine is putting care and maintenance.
00:34Look, we are getting very concerned.
00:37Hundreds of workers at Tarmore Mine have been stood down for four weeks with pay due to
00:42unpaid suppliers.
00:43A concerning development after the Premier told Parliament this week GFG Alliance owes
00:48tens of millions of dollars to the state government and a similar amount to contractors.
00:54We want partners to reinvest in our plant.
00:57If Mr Gupta's priority is an apartment in Sydney, go do that and let someone else invest
01:03in Waiala.
01:04It's been a tough week for Waiala as the government this week raised concerns over
01:08building a hydrogen plant to sell to a Steelworks under GFG Alliance.
01:13Labor's hydrogen vanity project, they decided to go hand in glove with this guy and his
01:19company.
01:20So it's now up to Labor to unscramble that egg.
01:22No country can call itself sovereign if you can't make your own steel.
01:27We are going to make our own steel and if Mr Gupta won't do it, we'll find someone else
01:30who will.
01:31Another promise for Waiala, a town already grappling with a series of setbacks at its
01:36Steelworks and mine.
01:38In a statement, GFG says it's expecting to return to normal production soon at Tarmore
01:42Colliery in New South Wales.
01:45It says it's ramping up to full production in Waiala and working with its partners as
01:49it navigates challenges.
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