Na Machị 4, 2026, dịka akụkọ mgbasa ozi si mba ofesi si kwuo, nnukwu ụlọ ọrụ na-egwupụta ihe n'ụwa niile bụ́ Rio Tinto na-atụle ịmaliteghachi ikike mmepụta aluminom electrolytic ya na-enweghị ọrụ na Te Wai Point aluminum smelter dị nso na Bluff, New Zealand - usoro electrolytic nke 4. Isi uru nke atụmatụ mmalitegharị a bụ mmụba na-aga n'ihu na ọnụ ahịa aluminom mba ụwa n'oge na-adịbeghị anya, nke emeela ka ohere akụ na ụba nke ọrụ ahụ ka mma nke ukwuu.

A kọrọ na ọnụ ahịa aluminom mba ụwa na-arụ ọrụ nke ọma n'oge na-adịbeghị anya, gafere akara $3,000 kwa tọn ma ugbu a na-eru nso na elu akụkọ ihe mere eme nke $3,148, nke na-egosi mmụba 24% kemgbe ngwụcha Maachị afọ a. Ihe ndị dị n'azụ mmụba ọnụahịa a bụ ihe ndị dị ka mmụba a na-atụ anya na oghere ọkọnọ na ọchịchọ zuru ụwa ọnụ maka aluminom electrolytic na ike nke ọkọnọ n'ihi mmechi nke ụfọdụosisi aluminom, nke emeela ka ọnụ ahịa aluminom dịkwuo elu ma mee ka ikike mmepụta ya ghara ịdị irè n'ihi nsogbu ọnụ ahịa kwesịrị ịmaliteghachi. Ọ dị mkpa ịmara na ọnụ ahịa aluminom nke London Metal Exchange ruru elu nke $3,254 kwa tọn n'oge azụmaahịa na Machị 4, yana mmụba n'ime ụbọchị nke ihe karịrị 3.8%, na-eme ka ọ dị elu n'oge na-adịbeghị anya. Nlebara anya ahịa na usoro nke ọnụ ahịa aluminom na-esote na-aga n'ihu na-arị elu.

Ozi ọha na eze na-egosi na usoro electrolysis nke Te Wai Point nke anọ nke ihe na-agbaze aluminom a manyere ịkwụsị mmepụta na mmalite nke ọrịa COVID-19 na 2020 ma ọ nọkwaghị arụ ọrụ kemgbe ahụ. Dịka isi ihe dị mkpa maka mmepụta aluminom nke Rio Tinto na New Zealand, ihe na-agbaze a na-adabere nke ukwuu na ọkọnọ ọkụ eletrik, ọnụ ahịa ọkụ eletrik bụkwa isi ihe na-emetụta mmalite ikike ya. Malite na 2024, Rio Tinto amalitela nkwadebe mbụ ma malite ịrịọ aro mmekorita site n'aka ndị na-enye ọkụ eletrik nwere mmasị ịkwado atụmatụ mmalite ya, na-atọ ntọala maka mmalite ikike. Tupu nke a, ihe na-agbaze a erutela nkwekọrịta mmekorita ogologo oge na ọtụtụ ndị na-enye ọkụ eletrik, na-enye nkwa dị mkpa maka mmepụta na ọrụ.

Banyere ọganihu kpọmkwem nke mmaliteghachi ikike mmepụta a, onye na-ekwuchitere Rio Tinto kwuru nke ọma na mkpebi ikpeazụ na mmaliteghachi ahụ akabeghị, mana mkparịta ụka na ndị nwere ike ịnye ọkụ eletrik na-aga n'ihu nke ọma, a na-arụkwa ọrụ nkwadebe dị mkpa n'usoro. Ndị nọ n'ime ụlọ ọrụ na-enyocha na ọ bụrụ na amaliteghachi usoro electrolysis nke nọmba 4 nke ọma, ọ ga-ebelata oke ọkọnọ nke aluminom electrolytic zuru ụwa ọnụ nke ọma, n'otu oge ahụ, ọ ga-enyekwa Rio Tinto aka ijide ohere ahịa ugbu a nke ọnụ ahịa aluminom dị elu ma melite uru ụlọ ọrụ ahụ.

Site n'echiche nke gburugburu ahịa zuru ụwa ọnụ, ahịa aluminom zuru ụwa ọnụ ahụla mmụba siri ike kemgbe mmalite nke afọ 2026. Ọnụ ahịa aluminom nke LME nke ọnwa atọ erutela elu nke $3,295.5 kwa tọn, nke na-egosi ọkwa kachasị elu kemgbe Eprel 2022. A na-akọwa mmụba nke ọnụ ahịa aluminom n'ihi mmetụta dị iche iche nke ọtụtụ ihe, gụnyere nyochaghachi ụkọ akụrụngwa, nhazighachi ọnụ ahịa ike, na ụgwọ ihe egwu mpaghara. Akụkọ nyocha Goldman Sachs na-ebu amụma na nkezi ọnụ ahịa aluminom nke London metal exchange (LME) na ọkara mbụ nke afọ 2026 ga-abụ ihe dị ka $3,150 kwa tọn. Ọ bụrụ na nsogbu ọkọnọ anọgide, ọnụ ahịa aluminom nwere ike ịrị elu ruo $3,600 kwa tọn n'ọkwa, nke ga-enye gburugburu ahịa dị mma maka Rio Tinto ịmaliteghachi ikike mmepụta ya na-enweghị isi.