Rio Tinto subsidiary Pacific Aluminium, 79.4% owner of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, has reported an underlying loss for the year to December as lower sales prices met higher costs.
The loss of $46.2 million followed an underlying profit the previous year of $21.6m.
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