Glencore has demanded a government handout for its struggling Mt Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery, making it the latest global company seeking a bailout following a rescue of the ...

The smelter and refinery employ about 550 people and a closure would have a knock-on effect on copper miners in Queensland who rely on the smelter and on an Incitec Pivot acid plant at Mount Isa.

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