Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday a rescue effort to keep open Australia's largest aluminium smelter, the struggling Tomago facility majority-owned by Rio Tinto, after its current power contract expires in 2028.

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Metro Mining’s 2025 record has fetched improved figures in bauxite shipping activity, 5.69 million wet metric tonnes (WMT) of bauxite from the Bauxite Hills Operation

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It’s understood the fate of Tomago Aluminium could be settled as early as this week as negotiations are underway with the Federal Government to save the 40-year-old smelter from closure.