Major Rio Tinto will close one of its four potlines at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, in New Zealand, as part of measures to combat Covid-19.
CEO and GM of the New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter, in which Rio holds a 79.36% interest, Stewart Hamilton said that the company had worked hard to segregate its teams and develop processes to ensure workers did not come into contact with each other during shift changes, while employees with underlying health issues were self-isolating and non-operational employees were working from home.