Mataura Community Board chairman Alan Taylor said the removal would ‘’relieve a lot of anxiety and conflict in the town. Ten thousand tonnes of ouvea premix, which produces ammonia gas when it gets wet, has gone to Inalco’s site at Tiwai Point. Kavinda Herath/Stuff New Zealand Aluminium Smelter chief executive Stew Hamilton, left, Gore district mayor Tracy Hicks, Inalco branch manager Nathan Burgess and Mataura Community Board chairman Alan Taylor at the old Mataura paper mill. New Zealand Aluminium Smelter chief executive and general manager Stewart Hamilton was also at the mill. Inalco branch manager Nathan Burgess said there was a market for the ouvea premix, which was used in cement, but getting it exported was proving difficult.

Source: Stuff July 06, 2021 06:33 UTC