Ubonelelo ngoMbane luqinisekisiwe, Iplanti yeAluminium yaseRio Tinto yaseTiwai Point eNew Zealand izaKwandiswa ukuze iSebenzise ubuncinci kude kube ngu-2044.

NgoMeyi 30, 2024, iRio Tinto's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand ityikitye ngempumelelo uthotho lwezivumelwano zombane zeminyaka engama-20 neenkampani zamandla zalapha ekhaya. Iqela le-Rio Tinto lithe emva kokutyikitywa kwesivumelwano samandla, iplanti ye-aluminiyam ye-electrolytic iya kukwazi ukusebenza kude kube yi-2044.

INew Zealand Electricity Companies Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, kunye neMercury NZ basayine isivumelwano kunye neNew Zealand Electrolytic Aluminium Plant ukubonelela nge-572 megawatts yombane ukuhlangabezana nazo zonke iimfuno zombane zeTiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand. Kodwa ngokwesivumelwano, i-Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand inokufuneka ukuba inciphise ukusetyenziswa kombane ukuya kuthi ga kwi-185MW. Iinkampani ezimbini zombane ziye zachaza ukuba amandla avuselelekayo nawo aya kufakwa kubume bombane kwixesha elizayo.

I-Rio Tinto ichaze kwingxelo ukuba isivumelwano siqinisekisa ukusebenza kwexesha elide kunye nokugcinwa okuzinzileyo kwe-Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand. I-Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand iya kuqhubeka ngokukhuphisana nokuvelisa i-high-purity, i-low-carbon metal metals kwaye ifumane inkxaso evela kwiipotfoliyo ezihlukeneyo zombane ohlaziyiweyo kwi-South Island yaseNew Zealand.

I-Rio Tinto iphinde yachaza ukuba ivumile ukufumana i-20.64% yesabelo kwi-Sumitomo Chemical's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand ngexabiso elingachazwanga. Inkampani yathi emva kokugqitywa kwentengiselwano, i-Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand naseNew Zealand iya kuba yi-100% yeRio Tinto.

Ngokweenkcukacha-manani, isambuku esakhiweyo sisonke seRio Tinto's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium PlanteNew Zealand yi-373000 yeetoni, kunye nomthamo wemveliso yeetoni ze-338000 unyaka wonke we-2023. Lo mzi-mveliso kuphela kwesityalo se-aluminiyam ye-electrolytic eNew Zealand, e-Tiwai Point kufuphi neBluff e-Invercargill. I-alumina eveliswa ngulo mzi-mveliso ibonelelwa ngezityalo ze-alumina eQueensland nakwi-Northern Territory yase-Australia. Phantse i-90% yeemveliso ze-aluminiyam eziveliswe yi-Tiwai Point electrolytic aluminium plant eNew Zealand zithunyelwa eJapan.