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Owner of Port Pirie and Hobart smelters seeks government intervention
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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3/27/2025
The owner of metal smelters in South Australia and Tasmania has made a pitch for government intervention amid a 'strategic review' of the operations.
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Metal processing company Neostar, which employs more than 1,000 people across two states,
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says it's in talks with the federal and state governments given the severity of challenges
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it's currently facing.
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Neostar currently operates two smelters, a lead smelter in Port Pirie and a zinc smelter
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in Hobart.
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The chief executive of Neostar Australia's parent company, Trafigura, has reportedly
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told an international business summit that operations have become uneconomical and they
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are subject to a strategic review.
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He also said that Neostar Australia should not be fully in private hands.
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A spokesperson for Neostar said government support is essential to improving the competitiveness
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of multi-metal smeltering in Australia.
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The company's struggles have already led Neostar to announce it would scale back production
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by a quarter at the Tasmanian smelter due to what it says is deteriorating market conditions
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and financial losses.
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Its pitch for government support comes only a month after the South Australian government
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tipped the financially troubled Wyella Steelworks into administration to ensure the plant could
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continue steel manufacturing.
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A South Australian government spokesperson says it holds meetings with Neostar to discuss
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its concerns and will continue to do so, but said to publicly disclose the contents of
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those conversations would not be appropriate.
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