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Rio Tinto plans to close Tiwai Point smelter

Closure expected by August 2021.

Reweti Kohere Thu, 09 Jul 2020

Australian mining giant Rio Tinto will look to close down New Zealand’s only aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point by August 2021, with some 1000 jobs now set to be lost.

The majority owner of NZ Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) said in a statement it would start planning to wind down operations over the

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Reweti Kohere Thu, 09 Jul 2020
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