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Rio Tinto tight-lipped on smelter waste troubles

Environment Minister calls smelter owner’s handling of its waste ‘disgraceful.’

Reweti Kohere Thu, 13 Feb 2020

Mining giant Rio Tinto has refused to respond to claims it reneged on a ‘handshake’ deal to fast-track the removal of its Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter waste dumped throughout Southland.

About 22,000 tonnes of aluminium dross has been stored at various sites in the region, with under half of it

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Reweti Kohere Thu, 13 Feb 2020
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