Gutanga amashanyarazi Byemejwe, Uruganda rwa Tiwai Point rwa Tiwai Point ya Rio Tinto muri Nouvelle-Zélande ruzagurwa kugira ngo rukore byibuze kugeza mu 2044

Ku ya 30 Gicurasi 2024, uruganda rwa Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium ya Rio Tinto muri Nouvelle-Zélande rwasinyanye amasezerano y’amashanyarazi y’imyaka 20 n’amasosiyete y’amashanyarazi. Itsinda rya Rio Tinto ryatangaje ko nyuma yo gushyira umukono ku masezerano y’amashanyarazi, uruganda rwa aluminium electrolytike ruzashobora gukora kugeza nibura 2044.

Isosiyete ikora amashanyarazi muri Nouvelle-Zélande Meridian Energy, Contact Energy, na Mercury NZ yasinyanye amasezerano n’uruganda rwa Electrolytic Aluminium Nouvelle-Zélande yo gutanga amashanyarazi angana na megawatt 572 kugira ngo akemure amashanyarazi yose akenewe mu ruganda rwa Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium muri Nouvelle-Zélande. Ariko nk'uko amasezerano abiteganya, uruganda rwa Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium muri Nouvelle-Zélande rushobora gusabwa kugabanya ikoreshwa ry’amashanyarazi kugeza kuri 185MW. Amasosiyete abiri y’ingufu yavuze ko ingufu zishobora kongera ingufu nazo zizashyirwa mu mashanyarazi mu gihe kiri imbere.

Rio Tinto mu ijambo rye yatangaje ko aya masezerano ateganya imikorere y’igihe kirekire kandi irambye y’uruganda rwa Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium muri Nouvelle-Zélande. Uruganda rwa Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium muri Nouvelle-Zélande ruzakomeza gutanga amarushanwa y’ibyuma bifite isuku nyinshi, karuboni nkeya kandi bizaterwa inkunga n’umushinga utandukanye w’amashanyarazi ashobora kuvugururwa mu kirwa cy’amajyepfo ya Nouvelle-Zélande.

Rio Tinto yavuze kandi ko yemeye kugura imigabane 20,64% mu ruganda rwa Sumitomo Chemical rwa Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium muri Nouvelle-Zélande ku giciro kitaramenyekana. Isosiyete yavuze ko nyuma y’ubucuruzi bumaze kurangira, uruganda rwa Tiwai Point Electrolytic Aluminium muri Nouvelle-Zélande na Nouvelle-Zélande ruzaba rufite 100% rwa Rio Tinto.

Dukurikije imibare y’ibarurishamibare, ubushobozi bwubatswe bwa Tiwai Point ya Tiwai Point ya Electrolytic Aluminium ya Rio Tintomuri Nouvelle-Zélande ni toni 373000, hamwe n’ubushobozi bwa toni 338000 mu mwaka wose wa 2023. Uru ruganda n’uruganda rukumbi rwa aluminiyumu ya electrolytike muri Nouvelle-Zélande, ruherereye ahitwa Tiwai Point hafi ya Bluff muri Invercargill. Alumina ikorwa n'uru ruganda itangwa n'ibiti bya alumina muri Queensland no mu Ntara y'Amajyaruguru ya Ositaraliya. Hafi 90% y'ibicuruzwa bya aluminiyumu byakozwe na Tiwai Point electrolytike ya aluminium yo muri Nouvelle-Zélande byoherezwa mu Buyapani.