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An aerial photo of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter with Bluff township and Bluff Hill in the backdrop.
The Ministry for the Environment says it is unclear whether Rio Tinto is under any legal obligation to remediate the site of its smelter at Tiwai Point after it closes. The smelter says it is currently conducting an extensive Closure Study to understand any environmental impacts on the Tiwai Point site and to ensure that the operation will be closed in a responsible manner. In January, New Zealand s Aluminium Smelter announced the site would stay open for four more years, after it announced in July last year it would close in August 2021.
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Sort out the Dross spokesperson and Mataura resident Laurel Turnbull is delighted to hear an agreement has been reached to remove the ouvea premix being stored in the town s former paper mill building.
Tonnes of a hazardous substance sitting in a Mataura warehouse will be moved to the New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited (NZAS) site at Tiwai Point where it will be stored in containers. The news has been welcomed by Mataura resident Laurel Turnbull, who has been fighting for the removal of the ouvea premix since 2014.
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Sort out the Dross spokesperson and Mataura resident Laurel Turnbull is delighted to hear an agreement has been reached to remove the ouvea premix being stored in the town s former paper mill building.