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Head winds or shakedown? Tiwai Point’s future doubtful

Mainland Matters: Strangely, last December a top Rio Tinto executive had high hopes for the smelter.

Mark Revington
Tue, 29 Oct 2019

The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is up for review. Yes, again. And yes, this is not just any old aluminium smelter. This is New Zealand’s aluminium smelter.

And you must love the language from Rio Tinto Aluminium chief executive Alf Barrios, who says the industry faces “headwinds” but

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Mark Revington
Tue, 29 Oct 2019
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