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Aluminium is processed at Awarua, near Bluff Harbour, from bauxite ore sourced from Wepia in Queensland.

To do the refining, a lot of electricity is needed, and a tunnel was dug from Lake Manapouri to Deep Cove in Doubtful Sound, and this is hydro is used to generate cheap electricity.

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