Ukunikezwa Ugesi Okuqinisekisiwe, Imboni yase-Rio Tinto's Tiwai Point Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand Izonwetshwa Ukuze Isebenze Okungenani Kuze kube U-2044

Ngomhla zingama-30 kuMeyi, 2024, i-Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant yase-Rio Tinto eNew Zealand isayinde ngempumelelo uchungechunge lwezivumelwano zikagesi zeminyaka engu-20 nezinkampani zasendaweni zikagesi. I-Rio Tinto Group yathi ngemva kokusayinwa kwesivumelwano samandla, imboni ye-electrolytic aluminium izokwazi ukusebenza kuze kube okungenani u-2044.

Izinkampani zikagesi zaseNew Zealand i-Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, kanye ne-Mercury NZ zisayine inkontileka ne-New Zealand Electrolytic Aluminium Plant yokuhlinzeka ngesamba esingamamegawathi angu-572 kagesi ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nazo zonke izidingo zikagesi ze-Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand. Kodwa ngokwesivumelwano, iTiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand kungase kudingeke ukuthi yehlise ukusetshenziswa kukagesi kuze kufike ku-185MW. Izinkampani ezimbili zikagesi ziveze ukuthi amandla avuselelekayo azophinde afakwe esakhiweni sikagesi esikhathini esizayo.

I-Rio Tinto isho esitatimendeni ukuthi isivumelwano siqinisekisa ukusebenza kwesikhathi eside nokusimeme kwe-Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand. I-Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand izoqhubeka nokukhiqiza ngokuncintisana izinsimbi ezicwebezelayo, ezinekhabhoni ephansi futhi ithole ukwesekwa okuvela kuphothifoliyo ehlukahlukene kagesi ovuselelekayo eSouth Island of New Zealand.

I-Rio Tinto iphinde yathi isivumile ukuthola ingxenye engu-20.64% ye-Sumitomo Chemical's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand ngentengo engadalulwanga. Le nkampani ithe ngemuva kokuphothulwa komsebenzi, iTiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant eNew Zealand naseNew Zealand izobe ingeyakho iRio Tinto ngo-100%.

Ngokusho kwedatha yezibalo, umthamo ophelele owakhiwe we-Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant yaseRio Tintoe-New Zealand ingamathani angu-373000, enamandla okukhiqiza amathani angu-338000 unyaka wonke ka-2023. Le fektri iwukuphela kwemboni ye-electrolytic aluminium eNew Zealand, etholakala e-Tiwai Point eduze ne-Bluff e-Invercargill. I-alumina ekhiqizwa yile mboni ihlinzekwa izitshalo ze-alumina eQueensland naseNorthern Territory yase-Australia. Cishe u-90% wemikhiqizo ye-aluminium ekhiqizwe imboni ye-aluminium ye-electrolytic yase-Tiwai Point eNew Zealand ithunyelwa e-Japan.