Millionth Tiwai tonne
PA Invercargill j The Tiwai Point aluI minium smelter will pour j its one millionth tonne of j aluminium on Thursday morning. The smelter was offi- | cially opened in late 1971, j and its initial annual ca-
pacity was about 75,000 tonnes. In 1975, it was expanded to produce about 151,850 tonnes a year with 408 pots (furnaces). The millionth tonne will be poured by Mr Alf Mason, who poured the first ingot of aluminium in 1971.
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