Sydney, Kaum Ob Hlis 12th (Argus) - Tsoomfwv Australian tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus ntev - fais fab kev yuav khoom los txhawb BHP, Anglo-Australian cov neeg tsim khoom, hauv kev ua haujlwm nws 600,000-ton-ib -xyoo Tomago txhuas 2 02. BHP lub tuam txhab Tomago Aluminium yuav koom tes nrog tsoomfwv Australian tsoomfwv thiab New South Wales xeev tsoomfwv hauv lub hlis tom ntej los tsim cov kev daws teeb meem uas yuav txhawb nqa 600,000-ton-ib xyoo smelter pib txij li xyoo 2028. Nws hais ntxiv tias qhov kev cog lus yuav suav nrog kev cog lus ruaj khov Tomago fais fab tuag 10000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000799999999999 nyiaj (670 lab US dollars) tshaj 10 xyoo nyob rau hauv tsob nroj.
Australian Industry thiab Innovation Minister Tim Ayres tau hais hauv lub rooj sib tham xov xwm hais tias lub sijhawm ntev - daim ntawv cog lus yuav siv hluav taws xob muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau kev txuas ntxiv mus ntev - kev nqis peev nyob rau yav tom ntej ntawm Tomago kev lag luam. Txawm li cas los xij, Ayres tsis kam hais ntxiv txog cov ntsiab lus ntawm kev sib pauv. Thaum Lub Kaum Hli Ntuj xyoo no, BHP tau ceeb toom tias vim yog cov nqi hluav taws xob tsis muaj zog, nws yuav xav tau kaw Tomago thaum kawg ntawm 2028, thaum nws daim ntawv cog lus fais fab tam sim no yuav tas sij hawm. Lub tuam txhab tau hais thaum lub sijhawm ntawd txij li xyoo 2022, nws tau nrhiav kev daws teeb meem tshiab tab sis nrhiav tsis tau. Thaum Lub Rau Hli xyoo no, lub tuam txhab tau pib sib tham nrog New South Wales thiab tsoomfwv cov thawj coj ntawm kev txhawb nqa tus nqi hluav taws xob rau Tomago. Qhov kev ua haujlwm ib txwm muaj ntawm lub smelter tau tshaj 2025. Txij lub Ib Hlis mus txog Lub Cuaj Hli xyoo no, lub tuam txhab tau tsim 426,000 tons ntawm txhuas ntawm 100% tso tawm ntawm Tomago, qhov txo qis ntawm 2.2% piv rau xyoo dhau los. Hnub ua ntej Australia txhawb Tomago, Tim Ayres tau tiv thaiv tsoomfwv cov ntaub ntawv kev lag luam. Thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 11th, nws tau hais hauv kev hais lus ntawm Sydney Institute tias txoj cai kev lag luam yog "qhov kev xav tau thiab cov lus teb rau cov teeb meem loj tam sim no." Nws hais ntxiv tias tsoomfwv cov phiaj xwm txhawb nqa rau Whyalla steel cog, tus tsim khoom thoob ntiaj teb Glencore's Queensland tooj liab kev lag luam, thiab cov neeg tsim khoom thoob ntiaj teb Nyrstar cov thawj coj-zinc smelter tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm los tswj thiab ntxiv dag zog rau kev lag luam ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm Australian. Tsoomfwv kuj tseem tuaj yeem muab kev txhawb nqa rau lwm 10 billion US dollars uas muaj nqis ntawm BHP smelters. Tasmanian cov tub ceev xwm tau hu rau tsoomfwv kom dhau qhov qis - cov pa roj carbon ntau cov nyiaj pab txhawb nqa Bell Bay aluminium smelter ntawm lub tuam txhab nrog cov khoom tsim tawm txhua xyoo ntawm 190,000 tons hauv Kaum Ib Hlis.
