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With manufacturing below full capacity and imports scarce, producers of CO2 are prioritising critical medical and water customers

Todd Energy says it has identified the root cause of safety problems which has shut its Kapuni gas plant for nearly a month.

By Lucy Craymer (Reuters) - New Zealand supplies of carbon dioxide (CO2), used to fizz drinks and in packaging and hospitals, are having to be rationed because of shortages following the closure of the country's

Supplies of carbon dioxide (CO2) in New Zealand are having to be rationed due to shortages following the closure of the country’s sole food-grade CO2 production facility, according to a Reuters report.

The closure began just prior to Christmas - and there is no date yet for when it will reopen.

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