The Tiwai aluminium smelter at Bluff where work is under way on the third potline which will boost annual production from 151,000 to 227,000 tonnes. About 250 men are working on the project which is expected to cost $200 million over 21 months. McConnell Dowall, in charge of the pre-stress concrete superstructure of the potline, moved on to the site at the end of January. The smelter wharf and Bluff are in the background.
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Press, 29 April 1981, Page 13
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74The Tiwai aluminium smelter at Bluff where work is under way on the third potline which will boost annual production from 151,000 to 227,000 tonnes. About 250 men are working on the project which is expected to cost $200 million over 21 months. McConnell Dowall, in charge of the pre-stress concrete superstructure of the potline, moved on to the site at the end of January. The smelter wharf and Bluff are in the background. Press, 29 April 1981, Page 13
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