Tabbacin Samar da Wutar Lantarki, Kamfanin Aluminum na Tiwai Point na Rio Tinto a New Zealand Za'a Tsawaita Don Aiki Aƙalla Har 2044

A ranar 30 ga Mayu, 2024, Kamfanin Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant na Rio Tinto a New Zealand ya yi nasarar rattaba hannu kan jerin yarjejeniyoyin wutar lantarki na tsawon shekaru 20 da kamfanonin wutar lantarki na cikin gida. Kungiyar Rio Tinto ta bayyana cewa bayan sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar wutar lantarki, masana'antar aluminium ta electrolytic za ta iya aiki har zuwa akalla 2044.

Kamfanonin Lantarki na New Zealand Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, da Mercury NZ sun sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da New Zealand Electrolytic Aluminum Plant don samar da adadin megawatts 572 na wutar lantarki don biyan duk bukatun wutar lantarki na Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant a New Zealand. Amma bisa yarjejeniyar, Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant a New Zealand na iya buƙatar rage yawan amfani da wutar lantarki har zuwa 185MW. Kamfanonin samar da wutar lantarki guda biyu sun bayyana cewa za a kuma shigar da makamashin da ake iya sabuntawa a cikin tsarin wutar lantarki a nan gaba.

Rio Tinto ya bayyana a cikin wata sanarwa cewa yarjejeniyar ta tabbatar da aiki na dogon lokaci kuma mai dorewa na Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant a New Zealand. Kamfanin Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Shuka a New Zealand zai ci gaba da samar da gasa gasa mai tsabta, ƙananan karafa da kuma samun tallafi daga ɗimbin fayil na wutar lantarki mai sabuntawa a Kudancin Tsibirin New Zealand.

Rio Tinto ya kuma bayyana cewa, ya amince ya mallaki kaso 20.64% na kamfanin Sumitomo Chemical's Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant da ke New Zealand kan farashin da ba a bayyana ba. Kamfanin ya bayyana cewa bayan kammala cinikin, Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant a New Zealand da New Zealand zai zama mallakin Rio Tinto 100%.

Dangane da bayanan kididdiga, jimillar ƙarfin ginanniyar ƙarfin Giniyar Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminum Plant na Rio Tintoa New Zealand ne 373000 ton, tare da jimlar samar da damar 338000 ton na dukan shekara na 2023. Wannan factory ne kawai electrolytic aluminum shuka a New Zealand, located a Tiwai Point kusa da Bluff a Invercargill. Alumina da wannan masana'anta ke samarwa ana samar da shi ta hanyar tsire-tsire na alumina a Queensland da Arewacin yankin Ostiraliya. Kusan kashi 90% na samfuran aluminium da masana'antar aluminium ta Tiwai Point ta samar a New Zealand ana fitar dasu zuwa Japan.