And Comalco is paid cash incentives by the government to keep taking all the electricity produced by Lake Manapouri . Power bills would come down if Comalco was sent home like a 502 overstayer
May 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
And Comalco is paid cash incentives by the government to keep taking all the electricity produced by Lake Manapouri . Power bills would come down if Comalco was sent home like a 502 overstayer
Labor directly subsidising Rio Tinto Aluminium (previously know as Comalco, owner of Boyne Smelter) was not a thing I expected to see, in many years doing work for them.
January 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Labor directly subsidising Rio Tinto Aluminium (previously know as Comalco, owner of Boyne Smelter) was not a thing I expected to see, in many years doing work for them.
"It's true!
Quilted Comalco Alfoil actually does make food taste better...
Fish En Papillote..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. New Idea, 1971.
Quilted Comalco Alfoil actually does make food taste better...
Fish En Papillote..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. New Idea, 1971.
September 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
"It's true!
Quilted Comalco Alfoil actually does make food taste better...
Fish En Papillote..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. New Idea, 1971.
Quilted Comalco Alfoil actually does make food taste better...
Fish En Papillote..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. New Idea, 1971.
"Some women say Comalco Alfoil is better than a man around the home..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1970.
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1970.
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
"Some women say Comalco Alfoil is better than a man around the home..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1970.
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1970.
Look at NZ's history of gov subsidies for foreign multinationals like Comalco, methanex... huge power & gas users. Hosting AI services for totally speculative overseas demand when there is no current viable business model for AI makes no sense.
Kiwis get locked into these long term bad deals..
Kiwis get locked into these long term bad deals..
March 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Look at NZ's history of gov subsidies for foreign multinationals like Comalco, methanex... huge power & gas users. Hosting AI services for totally speculative overseas demand when there is no current viable business model for AI makes no sense.
Kiwis get locked into these long term bad deals..
Kiwis get locked into these long term bad deals..
"It's true!
Quilted Comalco Alfoil actually does make food taste better...
Japanese Beef..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil "cooks the good things in". New Idea, 1971.
Quilted Comalco Alfoil actually does make food taste better...
Japanese Beef..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil "cooks the good things in". New Idea, 1971.
March 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
"It's true!
Quilted Comalco Alfoil actually does make food taste better...
Japanese Beef..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil "cooks the good things in". New Idea, 1971.
Quilted Comalco Alfoil actually does make food taste better...
Japanese Beef..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil "cooks the good things in". New Idea, 1971.
It's coastal/estuarine. Dunno the Comalco one. It's deliberately operated very dry.
March 25, 2026 at 6:34 AM
It's coastal/estuarine. Dunno the Comalco one. It's deliberately operated very dry.
Oh... another issue in Tasmania I expect to be dealt with... #politas #auspol
Three warehouses filled to the ceiling with bags of toxic waste at Comalco, leeching into ground
$20 million tax dollars given to delay the pending closure of tempco comalco alaminium smelter...which will happen anyway.
Three warehouses filled to the ceiling with bags of toxic waste at Comalco, leeching into ground
$20 million tax dollars given to delay the pending closure of tempco comalco alaminium smelter...which will happen anyway.
June 22, 2026 at 5:24 AM
"Now in Australia
The first really strong cooking foil!!!..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1963.
The first really strong cooking foil!!!..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1963.
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
"Now in Australia
The first really strong cooking foil!!!..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1963.
The first really strong cooking foil!!!..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1963.
The price of Aluminum is at a 4 year high. Will Comalco be hit with a super profits tax or at least be charged market rates for their energy consumption?
April 29, 2026 at 9:30 PM
The price of Aluminum is at a 4 year high. Will Comalco be hit with a super profits tax or at least be charged market rates for their energy consumption?
So hey you know how your home electricity bill keeps going up and up and we refuse to build sustainable solutions like wind and solar?
Don't worry, we're making a second Comalco to drive prices up even further, and make AI slop with it.
#nzpol
www.propertynz.co.nz/news/datagri...
Don't worry, we're making a second Comalco to drive prices up even further, and make AI slop with it.
#nzpol
www.propertynz.co.nz/news/datagri...
Datagrid Targets 2028 Opening for Southland Hyperscale Data Centre - Property Council New Zealand
Aotearoa is poised to play a major role in the global AI revolution, with Datagrid New Zealand announcing plans to open the first phase of its US$2 billion (NZ$3.5 billion) […]
www.propertynz.co.nz
March 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
So hey you know how your home electricity bill keeps going up and up and we refuse to build sustainable solutions like wind and solar?
Don't worry, we're making a second Comalco to drive prices up even further, and make AI slop with it.
#nzpol
www.propertynz.co.nz/news/datagri...
Don't worry, we're making a second Comalco to drive prices up even further, and make AI slop with it.
#nzpol
www.propertynz.co.nz/news/datagri...
Unless it can somehow build its own generative capacity. But knowing the likes of Comalco/Rio Tinto, they want favourable deals at the expense of the rest of us.
September 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Unless it can somehow build its own generative capacity. But knowing the likes of Comalco/Rio Tinto, they want favourable deals at the expense of the rest of us.
(admittedly all hindsight bias, but I have a huge rant about Comalco and Rio Tinto and NZ’s complete failure to capitalise on this source of aluminium via industry and product design in the 1980s and 1990s, just when new manufacturing methods like CNC milling were emerging)
January 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
(admittedly all hindsight bias, but I have a huge rant about Comalco and Rio Tinto and NZ’s complete failure to capitalise on this source of aluminium via industry and product design in the 1980s and 1990s, just when new manufacturing methods like CNC milling were emerging)
"... On 19 January 1960, the Labour Government and Consolidated Zinc/Comalco signed a formal agreement for Consolidated Zinc to build both an aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point and a power station in Manapōuri. ..."
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Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 4, 2024 at 8:04 PM
"... On 19 January 1960, the Labour Government and Consolidated Zinc/Comalco signed a formal agreement for Consolidated Zinc to build both an aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point and a power station in Manapōuri. ..."
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"The agreement violated the National Parks Act, which provided for formal protection of the Park, and required subsequent legislation to validate the development. Consolidated Zinc/Comalco received exclusive rights to the waters of both Lakes Manapōuri and Te Anau for 99 years. "
Also THINK BIG
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Also THINK BIG
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Think Big - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 4, 2024 at 8:07 PM
"The agreement violated the National Parks Act, which provided for formal protection of the Park, and required subsequent legislation to validate the development. Consolidated Zinc/Comalco received exclusive rights to the waters of both Lakes Manapōuri and Te Anau for 99 years. "
Also THINK BIG
3/n🧵
Also THINK BIG
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Some of the better shots from foaming the last week - Descriptions in the alt text
April 16, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Some of the better shots from foaming the last week - Descriptions in the alt text
🧵 7/8 Weipa, 1995: Comalco offered individual contracts worth up to $20,000 more, on the condition that workers left union-backed agreement. 700 workers dropped to 71. Real wages spiked, then flatlined for years. That's what "flexibility" actually looked like.
September 2, 2026 at 7:16 AM
🧵 7/8 Weipa, 1995: Comalco offered individual contracts worth up to $20,000 more, on the condition that workers left union-backed agreement. 700 workers dropped to 71. Real wages spiked, then flatlined for years. That's what "flexibility" actually looked like.
Most ubiquitous company in Australia, now part of Rio Tinto.
True fact, I got the film company Carolco confused with Comalco for years.
True fact, I got the film company Carolco confused with Comalco for years.
July 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Most ubiquitous company in Australia, now part of Rio Tinto.
True fact, I got the film company Carolco confused with Comalco for years.
True fact, I got the film company Carolco confused with Comalco for years.
Comalco ONLY ever buy the Cheapest POWER on the Planet. That's their game, .. and BTW, the reason they left Canada and came to Australia . NSW Gov. gave them 'the nod'. #nswPOL It was 'open slather.
In NSW. it was COAL MINES and POWER Stations.
'Back When ?
In NSW. it was COAL MINES and POWER Stations.
'Back When ?
Labor directly subsidising Rio Tinto Aluminium (previously know as Comalco, owner of Boyne Smelter) was not a thing I expected to see, in many years doing work for them.
January 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Comalco ONLY ever buy the Cheapest POWER on the Planet. That's their game, .. and BTW, the reason they left Canada and came to Australia . NSW Gov. gave them 'the nod'. #nswPOL It was 'open slather.
In NSW. it was COAL MINES and POWER Stations.
'Back When ?
In NSW. it was COAL MINES and POWER Stations.
'Back When ?
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October 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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"Maggie Tabberer's favourite window..."
)https://x.com/LaurenRosewarne/status/1972206288512995829?s=20_
Comalco. Australian Home Beautiful, 1970.
)https://x.com/LaurenRosewarne/status/1972206288512995829?s=20_
Comalco. Australian Home Beautiful, 1970.
June 15, 2026 at 12:59 AM
"Maggie Tabberer's favourite window..."
)https://x.com/LaurenRosewarne/status/1972206288512995829?s=20_
Comalco. Australian Home Beautiful, 1970.
)https://x.com/LaurenRosewarne/status/1972206288512995829?s=20_
Comalco. Australian Home Beautiful, 1970.
"Tropical Chicken done in Comalco Alfoil
Delicious!
And easy.."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. New Idea, 1972.
Delicious!
And easy.."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. New Idea, 1972.
May 1, 2026 at 8:06 AM
"Tropical Chicken done in Comalco Alfoil
Delicious!
And easy.."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. New Idea, 1972.
Delicious!
And easy.."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. New Idea, 1972.
"Some people think we quilt Comalco Alfoil just for effect... It's effective..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1970.
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1970.
January 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"Some people think we quilt Comalco Alfoil just for effect... It's effective..."
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1970.
(x.com/LaurenRosewa...)
Comalco Alfoil. Woman's Day with Woman, 1970.
Willing to bet the math is similar for Comalco who use what, 18% of the country's electricity? At cut rate prices too.
But no, the moment they start making "Oh, gee, tough to make a profit here..." noises we throw subsidies well in excess of the value of the jobs they provide.
But no, the moment they start making "Oh, gee, tough to make a profit here..." noises we throw subsidies well in excess of the value of the jobs they provide.
March 9, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Willing to bet the math is similar for Comalco who use what, 18% of the country's electricity? At cut rate prices too.
But no, the moment they start making "Oh, gee, tough to make a profit here..." noises we throw subsidies well in excess of the value of the jobs they provide.
But no, the moment they start making "Oh, gee, tough to make a profit here..." noises we throw subsidies well in excess of the value of the jobs they provide.