Magetsi Otsimikizika, Chomera cha Aluminium cha Tiwai Point ku Rio Tinto Ku New Zealand Chidzakulitsidwa Kuti Igwire Ntchito Mpaka 2044

Pa Meyi 30, 2024, kampani ya Rio Tinto ya Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant ku New Zealand idasaina bwino mapangano azaka 20 amagetsi ndi makampani amagetsi akomweko. Gulu la Rio Tinto linanena kuti atasaina mgwirizano wamagetsi, malo opangira aluminiyamu a electrolytic azitha kugwira ntchito mpaka 2044.

New Zealand Electricity Companies Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, ndi Mercury NZ asayina pangano ndi New Zealand Electrolytic Aluminium Plant kuti apereke ma megawati okwana 572 a magetsi kuti akwaniritse zosowa zonse za magetsi za Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant ku New Zealand. Koma malinga ndi mgwirizanowu, Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant ku New Zealand angafunikire kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito magetsi mpaka 185MW. Makampani awiri amagetsi anena kuti mphamvu zongowonjezwdwanso zidzaphatikizidwanso mu kapangidwe ka magetsi mtsogolomo.

Rio Tinto adanena m'mawu ake kuti mgwirizanowu ukuonetsetsa kuti ntchito yanthawi yayitali komanso yokhazikika ya Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant ku New Zealand. Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant ku New Zealand idzapitiriza kupanga mpikisano wopangira zitsulo zoyera kwambiri, za carbon low ndi kulandira chithandizo kuchokera kumagulu osiyanasiyana a magetsi ongowonjezedwanso ku South Island ku New Zealand.

Rio Tinto inanenanso kuti yavomera kupeza 20.64% ya Sumitomo Chemical's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant ku New Zealand pamtengo wosadziwika. Kampaniyo inanena kuti akamaliza ntchitoyo, Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant ku New Zealand ndi New Zealand idzakhala 100% ya Rio Tinto.

Malinga ndi ziwerengero, kuchuluka komwe kunamangidwa kwa Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium Plant ya Rio Tinto.ku New Zealand ndi matani 373000, ndi mphamvu yokwanira yopangira matani 338000 kwa chaka chonse cha 2023. Fakitale iyi ndi chomera chokha cha electrolytic aluminium ku New Zealand, chomwe chili ku Tiwai Point pafupi ndi Bluff ku Invercargill. Aluminium yopangidwa ndi fakitale iyi imaperekedwa ndi zomera za alumina ku Queensland ndi Northern Territory ya Australia. Pafupifupi 90% ya zinthu za aluminiyamu zomwe zimapangidwa ndi chomera cha Tiwai Point electrolytic aluminium ku New Zealand zimatumizidwa ku Japan.