Workers at Tasmania's troubled Liberty Bell Bay smelter have been told administrators have until Monday to secure alternative funding, after a member of the preferred consortium bidding to take over the manganese smelter effectively pulled out.

Workers at Tasmania's troubled Liberty Bell Bay smelter have been told administrators have until Monday to secure alternative funding, after a member of the preferred consortium…

The administrator for the mothballed manganese smelter is continuing to engage with the consortium designated as its preferred buyer, the ABC understands.