NZ: Smelter threatens closure over Govt's carbon scheme Date: Monday, May 12 @ 05:40:30 PDT Topic: Enviromental Headlines; Climate Change
The owners of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter near Invercargill are threatening to close – which would put thousands of Kiwis out of work – and they are blaming the Government's costly carbon emissions trading scheme.
The Asia Pacific head of owners Rio Tinto flew from Europe to Parliament today – to tell MPs if the bill is passed in its current form, the company will start the "path to closure".
