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Timely gas supplies from coal

Tuesday, 7 March 2006, 9:36 am | Solid Energy NZ

Supplies of methane gas from underground coal seams in the Waikato are a step closer to commercial reality, it was revealed today. More >>

Mining to resume on Stockton ridgeline

Monday, 27 February 2006, 3:10 pm | Solid Energy NZ

Coal producer, Solid Energy, is set to resume mining operations on the southern part of the Mt Augustus ridgeline later this week. However the company must first carry out surveys of the area to determine the presence of any powelliphanta snails and ... More >>

Further snail find suspends ridgeline mining

Thursday, 23 February 2006, 3:25 pm | Solid Energy NZ

Coal producer, Solid Energy, has suspended all mining operations on the Mt Augustus ridgeline area at its Stockton Opencast Mine in the Buller. This follows the company’s discovery of Powelliphanta snails in areas where they had previously not been found. More >>

Happy Valley Activists make false claim

Friday, 10 February 2006, 4:11 pm | Solid Energy NZ

Three “Happy Valley” protesters facing charges in the Christchurch District Court have made a false claim that coal producer, Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd, is seeking reparations of US$150,000 from them. (Media Release 9/02/06: “Solid Energy to seek ... More >>

Coal producer invests in major CO2 storage pilot

Monday, 9 January 2006, 10:37 am | Solid Energy NZ

Coal producer Solid Energy is a founding shareholder, with several Australian coal, oil and gas majors, in a new company that will operate Australasia’s first project to trial carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration (storage) technology. More >>

High Court rejects appeal on Cypress Opencast Mine

Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 4:00 pm | Solid Energy NZ

Solid Energy has welcomed today’s High Court decision rejecting all grounds of Forest and Bird’s appeal against the Environment Court’s grant of consents to develop and undertake mining at the planned Cypress Opencast Mine in the Buller. More >>

Court rejects appeal on Cypress Opencast Mine

Wednesday, 21 December 2005, 2:02 pm | Solid Energy NZ

Solid Energy has welcomed today’s High Court decision rejecting all grounds of Forest and Bird’s appeal against the Environment Court’s grant of consents to develop and undertake mining at the planned Cypress Opencast Mine in the Buller. More >>

NZ Coal Scientists Win International Recognition

Monday, 26 September 2005, 11:03 am | Solid Energy NZ

Three New Zealand coal scientists have been accorded a rare honour at an international conference for their research paper on extracting hydrogen from coal. More >>

Solid Energy supports call for tech investment

Monday, 26 September 2005, 10:56 am | Solid Energy NZ

Coal and biofuels producer, Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd, says the country needs to invest substantially and soon in new adoption and adaptation of energy technology, or risk repeating past mistakes. More >>

Union backs off own proposal for return to work

Thursday, 14 July 2005, 1:29 pm | Solid Energy NZ

Coal producer, Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd is considering its position as the Engineers’ Union this morning backed away from its own proposal for a return to work and a resumption of collective bargaining. More >>

Striking miners suspended

Friday, 10 June 2005, 12:02 am | Solid Energy NZ

Solid Energy has this afternoon suspended eight striking coal miners at Huntly in the Waikato and Ngakawau, near Stockton, north of Westport, saying that it is surprised and extremely disappointed with today’s industrial action. More >>

Chilean trade agreement welcomed by NZ exporter

Friday, 3 June 2005, 2:00 pm | Solid Energy NZ

Coal producer, Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand’s largest exporter to Chile, has welcomed the free trade agreement linking the two countries. The Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership agreement, which includes Chile, Brunei, Singapore ... More >>

Solid Energy and Toll NZ sign Heads of Agreement

Thursday, 28 October 2004, 12:26 am | Solid Energy NZ

Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd and Toll NZ today announced they had signed a joint Heads of Agreement relating to the transport of coal from the West Coast of the South Island to the Port of Lyttleton. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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