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![Record aluminium prices could see potline four at Tiwai Pt reopen](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Record aluminium prices could see potline four at Tiwai Pt reopen
Economics of aluminium smelting are currently 'mind-blowing', analyst claims.
![Documents reveal government offered to pay millions to Rio Tinto](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Documents reveal government offered to pay millions to Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto owns 80 per cent of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters.
![Toxic waste 'under considerable threat' if coast erosion trend continues](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Toxic waste 'under considerable threat' if coast erosion trend continues
Coastal mapping has shown 30 to 40 metres of erosion since about the year 2010.
![Tiwai Point smelter clean-up cost rising](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Tiwai Point smelter clean-up cost rising
Smelter's owners will raise provision for clean-up after audit finds more waste on site.
![Rio Tinto faces 'investor backlash': Treasury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Rio Tinto faces 'investor backlash': Treasury
Documents obtained under OIA reveal concerns about $290m clean-up obligations.
![Inside Story: How Govt planned to directly subsidise Rio Tinto's transmission costs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Inside Story: How Govt planned to directly subsidise Rio Tinto's transmission costs
Officials warned there was no way to smooth smelter's departure than a taxpayer payment.
![Another 75,000 tonnes of toxic waste stored near Tiwai Point](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Another 75,000 tonnes of toxic waste stored near Tiwai Point
The Bluff aluminium smelter says it does not yet know what to do with the material.
!['It's terrible': Environment Minister slams smelter's stockpiling of hazardous waste](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'It's terrible': Environment Minister slams smelter's stockpiling of hazardous waste
The smelter at Bluff has stockpiled 106,000 tonnes of cyanide-laced hazardous waste.
![Smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near beach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near beach
The smelter company will not reveal its plans for the hazardous waste.
![Iwi warns of environmental and economic fallout at Tiwai Point](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Iwi warns of environmental and economic fallout at Tiwai Point
Rio Tinto has already announced its intention to exit Tiwai Point in August next year.
![Neal Barclay: The promise of hydrogen power could be greater than we think](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Neal Barclay: The promise of hydrogen power could be greater than we think
Opinion: Looking closer at the opportunity at Tiwai Pt stacks the case more in favour.
![Shame on Rio Tinto for its preposterous excuse for blowing up an Aboriginal site](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Shame on Rio Tinto for its preposterous excuse for blowing up an Aboriginal site
Would ridiculous apology wash if it had blown up Stonehenge?
!['We shouldn't have to live like this': Mataura resident on third toxic waste scare](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'We shouldn't have to live like this': Mataura resident on third toxic waste scare
Residents of Southland town living with constant threat of toxic waste.
![Christopher Niesche: Rio Tinto's controversial business move in Australia](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Christopher Niesche: Rio Tinto's controversial business move in Australia
COMMENT: The miner's decision to put profit ahead of principle might yet backfire.
![Audrey Young: Peters raises temperature over smelter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Audrey Young: Peters raises temperature over smelter
COMMENT: If Coalition relations were not strained before, they will be after this week.
![Peters quotes Hitler, takes swipe at Ardern in Tiwai speech](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Peters quotes Hitler, takes swipe at Ardern in Tiwai speech
Peters says he would facilitate a deal to keep the smelter in Southland if re-elected.
![Bryan Leyland: Smelter victim of broken promise in Muldoon era](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Bryan Leyland: Smelter victim of broken promise in Muldoon era
COMMENT: Loss of Rio Tinto plant to the economy about $80m per year - $320m for 4 years.
![Fire crews responding to incident at Mataura ouvea site](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Fire crews responding to incident at Mataura ouvea site
The potentially hazardous substance is a byproduct of production at Tiwai Point smelter.
![The 622 megawatt question overhanging the generation game](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The 622 megawatt question overhanging the generation game
The closure of the Tiwai Point smelter will usher in a new era for NZ's power generators.
![Ardern distances herself from Peters' smelter buy-out comments](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Ardern distances herself from Peters' smelter buy-out comments
Peters suggested a buy-out of the smelter – Ardern suggested that's not on the cards
![Another move in the long Tiwai Pt chess game](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Another move in the long Tiwai Pt chess game
Comment: Instead of a deal that's best for the smelter, how about what's best for NZ?