Why carbon tax is not the main reason Rio Tinto is closing its UK smelter

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Why carbon tax is not the main reason Rio Tinto is closing its UK smelter

Salman Shaheen
November 17 2011
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Rio Tinto announced this week that it is closing its only aluminium smelting plant in the UK. Much of the coverage surrounding the decision suggests that it is a reaction to the burden of changing environmental tax policy, but the reality is somewhat different.

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