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Smelting aluminium

Smelting aluminium

Smelting aluminium

This pot pours molten aluminium at the Tīwai Point smelter, Southland. Aluminium ore (bauxite) is transported from Queensland, Australia, to be smelted into aluminium.

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New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Ltd
Photograph by Miles Hewton

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