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No govt cash for Tiwai Point - Woods
The government has signalled it won’t be providing additional financial support to the Tiwai Point smelter.Global mining giant Rio Tinto is reviewing the plant’s future and said it intended to talk directly with the government as part of its efforts to find a profitable track for...
Rio Tinto reviewing future of Tiwai Point smelter
Global mining giant Rio Tinto is reviewing the future of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, including possibly closing the site near Bluff.The plant, which employs about 990 staff and contractors, makes more than 340,000 tonnes of aluminium annually and is the country’s biggest e...
Property
Contractor retentions regime a lemon, industry told
A legal expert says the retentions regime meant to protect subcontractors has turned out to be a lemon that will not protect them in the vast majority of construction company collapses. Martelli McKegg partner Geoff Hardy told delegates at an industry conference that the law whic...
Services
Wellington Drive remains in the black as it raises operating forecast
Wellington Drive Technologies has posted a $580,000 net profit for the nine months ended September. However, that's down from the first-half net profit of $770,000 and the company says the full-year bottom line will be about break even. Despite the bottom-line decline the com...
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