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Rio Tinto shutting NZAS

OPERATIONS are to wind down and ultimately end at the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter at Tiwai Point near Bluff on New Zealand’s South Island after a strategic review found the business was no longer viable.

The New Zealand Aluminium Smelter is to close in August 2021.

The New Zealand Aluminium Smelter is to close in August 2021.

The review cited high energy costs and a challenging outlook for the aluminium industry as reasons for the Rio Tinto-operated business no longer being viable. However, one of the companies involved...

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