An aerial photo of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter with Bluff township and Bluff Hill in the backdrop. The Tiwai Point aluminum smelter will continue operating until the end of 2024. Plans for eventual closure of the Tiwai Point smelter will include extensive stakeholder consultation, including within the Southland community and reflect the company’s robust closure and remediation standards. Rio Tinto Aluminium chief executive Alf Barrios said: “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Meridian Energy that will enable the Tiwai Point smelter to continue producing some of the lowest carbon aluminium in the world. “Tiwai Point is an important part of Southland’s economy and it is vital to have this certainty for the next four years.

Source: Stuff January 13, 2021 19:23 UTC