Southland mayor salutes deal between Contact Energy and Rio Tinto on Tiwai Point smelter (original) (raw)

Southland mayor Rob Scott is celebrating the potential return to full capacity of Tiwai Point's aluminium smelter. Contact Energy has signed a letter of intent with Tiwai's owner, Rio Tinto, to deliver enough power to restart the smelter's dormant fourth potline by about 2030 and produce an extra 30,000 tonnes of...read full story

"It's great for Southland and also great for New Zealand I just can't see any negatives,"