The clean-up bill for the Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter site may ultimately may be paid by the Tasmanian government, according to legal experts, following administrators' failure to secure a buyer for the embattled operation.

The Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter in northern Tasmania will close immediately after administrators failed to find a buyer for the former GFG Alliance asset.

Australia's only manganese smelter is ceasing operations, leaving more than 200 employees without work in northern Tasmania.

Australia's only manganese alloy smelter has closed, leaving the future of the site uncertain and the country more reliant on imported alloys for steel production.

The clean-up bill for the Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter site may ultimately may be paid by the Tasmanian government, according to legal experts, following administrators'…