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Asbestos found in Chinese-made equipment for Port Pirie smelter
Wednesday, 24 Aug 2016 09:27:35 | Angelique Donnellan
Port Pirie smelter at sunset (Imre Hillenbrand)
Asbestos has been found in equipment sourced from China for Port Pirie's $514 million smelter redevelopment.
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) said Safework SA had issued a prohibition notice for the area around the tainted heat exchanger tubes.
Imports of asbestos have been banned in Australia for more than a decade.
Asbestos-tainted products sourced from China were recently found to have been used on the new Perth Children's Hospital and a Brisbane high-rise building.
The redevelopment project was to cut lead emission and convert the smelter into a mixed metals processing plant.
The SA Government has underwritten the development by $291 million.
The redevelopment was expected to be completed later this year.
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