In an internal memo, Glencore confirmed it is set to shut its final two copper mines in Mount Isa unless the government steps ...

After more than 70 years of continuous operations, Swiss mining giant Glencore has called time on its Mount Isa Copper ...

Glencore has begun preparing to close its copper smelter in Mount Isa and refinery in Queensland, Australia, after ...

Glencore (LON: GLEN) has declared its Mount Isa copper smelter unviable and is awaiting a response from Australia’s federal and Queensland’s governments regarding requests for financial ...

"The Mount Isa community can take a hit and get back up, the copper mine closure is taking a hit, I don't know whether it can take two hits in quick succession," Mr Peterson said.

The Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery directly employ 550 people, with 500 jobs also threatened at Dyno Nobel’s Phosphate Hill operations, but lobby group Townsville ...