Stock Market Today: Live Updates 17.07.2026
LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 17, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 17, 2026, 9:11 PM EDT Liberty Bell Bay smelter closure puts AUD 200m clean-up risk on Tasmania July 17, 2026, 8:59 PM EDT. About 200 jobs are gone after the shutdown of Australia’s only manganese smelter at Liberty Bell Bay in northern Tasmania, throwing up uncertainty over who pays for cleaning up the site. Lawyers say if the smelter’s owner goes into liquidation, the state might get stuck with the site and a clean-up bill near AUD 200 million. Tasmanian Minister Felix Ellis said the remediation would be significant, but