Australia’s largest aluminium smelter to remain open after negotiations

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Australia's largest aluminium smelter will remain open after talks between the company and the Commonwealth. The owners of Tomago aluminium announced in October it would close after 2028 due to the rising cost of electricity. The closure would have affected more than one-thousand jobs.

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00:00I've got a simple message for the workers here at Tomago today, and that is we've got

00:07your back. We are working with the company, we're working with the New South Wales Government

00:13to make sure that there are long-term energy solutions to go forward beyond 2028, to make

00:20sure that these jobs are protected, to make sure that Australia continues to be a place

00:26that manufactures here.

00:28I say to all the workers here, have a great Christmas in the knowledge that over coming

00:33months as a result of the decision that we have taken, we'll be working on finalising

00:39these details to make sure that your future is as secure as it should be.

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