Andrew Michelmore, the former chief of ASX-listed zinc smelter Zinifex, said taxpayer funds paid out in bad times should be ...

Trafigura Group-backed metals producer Nyrstar said it will cut around 25% of output at its zinc smelter in Australia, with a crunch in the supply of mined raw materials hurting profitability ...

The Australian operation of Nyrstar, who employs hundreds of Tasmanians at its Lutana plant, has been described as ...

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As its owner orders a review of operations, workers and small businesses worry the city won't survive without the smelter, ...

Trafigura’s new chief executive, Richard Holtum, called for western governments to nationalise parts of the metals processing ...

Trafigura Group has launched a strategic review of its struggling Nyrstar zinc and lead smelting assets in Australia, with ...

In an interview, the trading house’s chief executive, Richard Holtum, said “uncompetitive” assets should be at least part ...

Nyrstar says its Hobart-based zinc smelter will start to reduce production by a quarter from next month amid the company's financial losses and "deteriorating market conditions". It says there ...

The future of ‘uneconomical’ smelters in Hobart and Port Pirie are under review by Nyrstar’s Singapore-based parent company, ...

Trafigura Group has launched a strategic review of its struggling Nyrstar zinc and lead smelting assets in Australia, with ...