Aug 3, 2026 – 6.00pmIt took less than an hour for creditors to vote to close the Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter, a full stop in the industrial operations that had been a landmark in Tasmania’s north-east for more than six decades.The plant was not only the country’s sole manganese smelter, but employed 204 people in George Town, about 50 kilometres from Launceston.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Gupta’s Tasmanian smelter to be liquidated in painful blow for jobs
The closure of the plant, the country’s only manganese smelter, has left residents of George Town fuming about the legacy of British businessman Sanjeev Gupta.
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