A company has gone into liquidation leaving behind tens of thousands of tonnes of hazardous material, raising questions about who is responsible for it.
Tiwai Point smelter Photo: Wiki Commons
The material, Ouvea Premix – a type of fertiliser – comes from dross from Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter.
Aluminium dross is a hazardous material which releases flammable, poisonous gas when exposed to water.
The dross was processed by a Bahrain-owned company, Taha Asia Pacific, which extracted surplus aluminium from it, supplied it back to the smelter and prepared the remainder for conversion into fertiliser.
The firm went into liquidation on Tuesday, affecting 22 workers.
The mayor of Gore, Tracy Hicks, said Taha’s failure raised conc…
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