The government's handout to Rio Tinto last week to ensure the future of the expensive, enormously energy-hungry Tomago plant in NSW rewards a strange collection of bedfellows.

Workers say they are “going to have a future” under a federal government plan to keep Tomago smelter open, but details remain scarce.

The federal government is set to help guarantee the long-term energy supply of Tomago aluminium after its owners Rio Tino ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Tomago aluminium smelter near Newcastle is on "the verge of disaster" after it was hit with an energy curtailment notice by energy ...

The Coalition has accused Anthony Albanese of losing control of Australia’s energy system, after the government announced a ...

The federal government will step in to ensure Australia's largest aluminium smelter remains open. Tomago Aluminium in the NSW Hunter Valley announced in October it was weighing up its future amid ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Rio Tinto’s haggling with governments over the future of its Tomago aluminium smelter makes for a high-wire drama that’s thrilling ...

The subsidised energy scheme safeguards the future of the major employer but it stoked criticism about the merits of committing billions of dollars to keep the facility open. The announcement ...

The immediate future of a Rio Tinto-backed Tomago aluminium smelter that underpins the NSW energy market hangs in the balance as 560 workers dig in for a fight over pay. More than 500 workers at the ...

Volgren has blamed the "drying up" of New South Wales Government contracts for its decision to mothball its bus building plant at Tomago, north of Newcastle. Volgren Australia opened its Tomago bus ...

The announcement safeguards thousands of jobs in the Hunter Valley and protects Australia’s sovereign aluminium manufacturing capacity, a strategic sector that has long been under pressure from rising ...