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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Patrick Commins Economics editor

The year of the bailout: Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter next in line for taxpayers’ cash

Rio Tinto’s Tomago aluminium smelter
Rio Tinto says it may cease operations at its Tomago aluminium smelter once its current energy contract expires. Photograph: Michael Gorton/AAP

Will 2025 be remembered as the year of the bailout?

More than $3bn of taxpayer money has been committed to propping up the country’s hugely power-hungry metal making and smelting industries.

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