Hopes for Tiwai extension waning

Hopes for Tiwai extension waning
Gavin Evans
Energy industry executives are losing confidence that a deal to extend the ramp-down of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter can be achieved. Power supplier Meridian Energy has been in talks with smelter owner Rio Tinto to try and extend the scheduled closure beyond August 2021 to enable a more orderly departure of the country’s biggest electricity consumer from the market. But negative comments from Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods and Climate Change Minister James Shaw this week suggested no government interest in assisting the sm...

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