Are we all just subsidising Tiwai?
ANALYSIS: Add Government plans for a levy-funded LNG terminal to the aluminium smelter's secret power deal and that's what it looks like.
Aluminium produced at Rio Tinto's Tiwai Point smelter.
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It seems a long time ago now, but in 2024 the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter got a stay of execution thanks to new electricity supply deals with Meridian, Contact and Mercury.
Huge quantities of cheap and steady electricity are essential for the smelter’s production – it’s why the place was
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