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Tara Mines requires ‘radical’ change to secure future, PwC warned

Boliden, the company that owns Tara Mines, has proposed a series of swingeing cost-cutting measures as part of a rescue plan for the facility

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Radical and “transformative” change will be required if Tara Mines is to have a “sustainable future”, a confidential report seen by the Business Post has warned.

A PwC report commissioned by Boliden Tara Mines “identified a number of key issues” that needed to be addressed for the mine to secure its future.

“This will have to include a significant reduction in operating costs, including a reductions in headcount, overtime and total reward and elimination of ...