NZ’s sole aluminium recycling foundry may close because of gas shortage

NZ’s sole aluminium recycling foundry may close because of gas shortage
Glucina Alloys manager Steven Welburn and owner Tony Trubuhovich say the cost of switching to electricity is prohibitive. (Image: Michael Craig)
Maria Slade
New Zealand’s only aluminium recycler may go out of business if it can’t find an energy source to replace its expiring natural gas supply.Switching to electricity isn’t an option for Glucina Alloys in Auckland’s Avondale because it is too expensive.Local lines company Vector will charge the small firm $500,000 just to provide the capacity, even though the infrastructure to get the power to its Rosebank Rd site is already there.It would then need to spend an additional $300,000 on equipment and installation work at t...

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