Forum Archive Index - March 2004

["Hans Van der Voorn" <vandervoorn@xtra.co.nz>]

Possibly the reason the numbers are out of whack is that the input materials
for the smelter (carbon, alumina and fuel oil) constitute a greater volume
than the outgoing aluminium, but hopefully not greater value.

H.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harley" <tomhow@paradise.net>
To: <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:57 PM
Subject: [sharechat] SPN Questions


>
> Hi  Snoopy and Hans,
>
>
>
> >Where does Tiwai Point feature in those numbers? Does SPN make any money
out
> >of the smelter tonnages, which I assume are significant.
>
> 37% of imports &  15% of exports  - largest customer by volume. Tiwai
point
> closing down would be a bit of a disaster.
>
> >
> >  I am surprised that the import/export balance is as 'outta whack' as
> > that.    Did I read somewhere that all the Southland dairy produce is
> > now shipped out via Timaru?
> >
> Don't know about that one. The 2003 annual report  spoke of record volumes
of
> cheese exported. They have invested in coolstores  {39000 m.3 }
> and warehousing. {21000 m.2}
>
> Harley
>
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