The stack is down and demolition has been completed for now, but change is afoot on a different scale at Port Kembla Copper.
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The PKC operation and site will soon become Port Kembla Copper Properties (PKCP) as part of an internal restructure by parent company Furukawa.
The administrative change - subject to final approvals - is expected to be complete within the calendar year and result in no substantive change in Australia, according to PKC general manager and resident director Ian Wilson.
"This is a minor change that exists purely on paper," Mr Wilson said.
"In Japan, Furukawa will benefit from a cleaner accounting treatment of the assets, and that is the reason for the planned change."
In the months following February's demolition, bricks from inside the stack have been disposed of off-site and pavement damaged by its fall has been fixed.
Buildings that stood as a screen to prevent any "fly" from the demolition have also come down and the associated scrap has been taken from the site.
Most of the concrete has been crushed to reprofile a central part of the site.
During the next round of work, the water treatment plant and any remaining structures will be demolished as part of the company's stormwater management strategy.
Mr Wilson said the company was exploring all potential uses for the former copper smelter site.
"Early in the new year we'll be in a position to start looking at various options for the longer-term future of the site," he said.
That future could be a "gentle, passive-type development by PKC" or a joint venture with developers, Mr Wilson said.
"If somebody comes along and wishes to purchase the entire site, then we'd talk to them on that basis," he said.
Despite the former smelter filling the 23-hectare site, Mr Wilson said it was conceivable it could become a mixed-use area.