Crunch talks on smelter contract resume in Wellington

Crunch talks on smelter contract resume in Wellington
By Pattrick Smellie April 10 (BusinessDesk) - Crucial face-to-face talks between the owners of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter and its electricity supplier, Meridian Energy, resume in Wellington today, with both sides blocking out the rest of the week, if necessary, to try and nut out a new electricity contract. Representatives of the smelter's 80 percent owner, Pacific Aluminium, are due to arrive for the talks at Meridian's Wellington waterfront head office today, after pre-Easter drama in which Meridian said it thought a new contract "un...