A last minute reprieve from the federal government could see Mt Isa Smelter and Townsville copper refinery remain open saving 17,000 Queensland jobs. Cairns News has been told a federal-state financial package is imminent but the details have not yet been announced. Now that the Mount Isa Copper Smelter and Townsville Refinery will remain operating […] The post Last minute reprieve from federal government could see Mt Isa smelter remain operational appeared first on www.cairnsnews.org.