Rio Tinto To Begin Removal Of Spent Pot Lining At Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter
Tiwai Point aluminium smelter’s majority stakeholder Rio Tinto Group says it will soon begin removing the hazardous spent pot lining...
Leadership at New Zealand Aluminium Smelter said this week that they were optimistic that the Tiwai plant will stay open past the planned closing date in 2024. Commenting at a local open forum, NZAS CEO Chris Blenkiron told attendees that he has...
Tiwai Point aluminium smelter’s majority stakeholder Rio Tinto Group says it will soon begin removing the hazardous spent pot lining...
New Zealand officials feel confident that the aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point will continue operating if primary aluminium prices continue...
The Tiwai aluminium smelter in New Zealand recently affirmed its commitment to clean up hazardous waste at the plant, but...
Anglo-Australian metals mining giant Rio Tinto Group and the government of New Zealand both committed yesterday to continue talks aimed at continuing operations at the troubled aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point. In a statement emailed to Reuters, Rio Tinto’s Managing Director of Pacific Operations Kellie Parker said that the fact that the political will to […]
Though negotiations are ongoing, the parties involved in talks to save New Zealand Aluminium’s (NZAS) plant at Tiwai have decidedly different opinions regarding the state of those talks. Per a report released last week, Forsyth Barr relayed the news that Rio Tinto, who is the smelter’s majority owner, will be issuing a decision as to […]
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group released production and financial results for the second quarter yesterday. Though bauxite ore and alumina production rose in the quarter, production cuts stunted the firm’s aluminium production in that period. In the previous quarter Rio Tinto mined 14,560 thousand metric tons of bauxite ore, up by 9 percent on […]
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto Group said yesterday it will be winding down production operations at New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) due to the firm’s dim predictions of its continuing viability. According to the firm, a recent review found the operation of the plant wouldn’t likely make a profit in the near future due to […]
New Zealand’s Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter witnessed a sharp drop-off in profits last year, and the site’s management says a shifting global aluminium market may continue to make life difficult for the smelter over the current fiscal year. Pacific Aluminium (New Zealand) Limited released results for the previous year yesterday that reflected a year-on-year drop […]
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