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Tara Mines rescue talks break down, casting doubt on reopening

Company has urged unions to reconsider their position while workers plan meeting next week to decide next steps

Boliden Tara Mines: company has been locked in talks with unions for months aimed at reopening the Co Meath facility. Picture: RollingNews.ie

The owner of Tara Mines has told workers that negotiations over a rescue plan for the facility have broken down, casting fresh doubt on whether Europe’s biggest zinc mine will reopen.

Boliden Tara Mines, which shuttered the Co Meath facility last July, wrote to workers on Friday night to inform them that talks with trade unions had reached an “impasse” after months of back and forths over whether the mine can start operating again.

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