Taxpayers could be tapped to bail out more smelters and refineries after a mining giant received a $600 million lifeline for two ailing facilities.

A day after Glencore's funding injection, the Tasmanian government has called for another funding package to back an aluminium smelter in the island state's north.

Industry Minister Tim Ayres on Thursday did not rule out further rescue deals after state and federal governments pitched in for a three-year deal to keep the Mount Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery running, protecting 600 jobs.

Bell Bay Aluminium should be next in line to receive help, Tasmania's Energy Minister Nick Duigan said.

The Rio Tinto-owned aluminium smelter is renegotiating the price it pays for power with Hydro Tasmania but needs a federal subsidy to s

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