Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt says Rio Tinto's plans to close the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter next year are "shattering". The Australian mining giant has announced that it will start a wind-down of operations and the eventual closure of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS). tiwai_2012-5329.jpg The aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point in Bluff. The company owns 79.4 per cent of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, which produced 353,293 tonnes of saleable metal last year, the most since 2011. The Environmental Defence Society has filed court proceedings against New Zealand Aluminium Smelters, asking the court to decide who had responsibility under the Resource Management Act.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 08, 2020 20:24 UTC