Taxpayers fund Glencore bailout keeping north Queensland copper operations open | ABC NEWS

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Taxpayers will fund a $600 million rescue package for Swiss mining giant Glencore to keep copper processing in regional Queensland until 2028 but the move has been criticised by locals as a “band aid fix”.

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