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4 new apprentices join Stockton Alliance’s Mobile Plant team
Monday, 5 March 2012, 10:25 am | Solid Energy NZ
Stockton Alliance has taken on four heavy plant mechanical apprentices as part of an apprenticeship programme aimed at creating job opportunities for young locals and a talent pipeline for Solid Energy’s export coking coal operations in Buller ... More >>
Solid Energy terminates contract at Ohai Opencast Mine
Friday, 2 March 2012, 4:45 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy has terminated its contract with its contractor at Ohai Opencast Mine in Southland, following a potential high-risk health and safety incident last weekend. Nobody was hurt but safety systems were breached. More >>
Solid Energy: Chch School for Young Writers to West Coast
Friday, 2 March 2012, 11:58 am | Solid Energy NZ
The Christchurch based School for Young Writers will be running workshops in West Coast schools this month thanks to sponsorship from Solid Energy. There are five two-day workshops scheduled in Greymouth and Westport and will involve students from ... More >>
Spring Creek Mine prohibition notice lifted
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 12:13 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy welcomes the Department of Labour’s (DoL) decision to lift its Prohibition Notice on the underground operations at Spring Creek Mine near Greymouth. More >>
Solid Energy confident it can meet DoL requirements
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 1:39 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy is confident it can take all steps necessary to ensure that the Department of Labour (DoL) can lift its Prohibition Notice on Spring Creek Mine but says it may now take longer to meet the company’s own expectations for restarting underground ... More >>
Solid Energy Interim Results
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 10:46 am | Solid Energy NZ
Summary Highlights • Profit of $70.3 million, a 56% increase on the first half of 2010 ($45.2 million). • Record first half coal sales of 2.36 million tonnes (Mt), up 9%. • Coal production of 2.06 Mt for the half, in line with last year. ... More >>
Underground mining stopped at Spring Creek
Monday, 20 February 2012, 7:52 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy has today stopped underground mining at its Spring Creek Mine, near Greymouth, in accordance with a Prohibition Notice issued this morning by the Department of Labour’s (DoL) Mines Inspectorate on the basis of three recent incidents at ... More >>
Solid Energy seeks consents for new mining block at Stockton
Thursday, 9 February 2012, 3:16 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy has applied to the Buller District and West Coast Regional Councils for consent to develop a 5 million tonne coking coal resource at Stockton Opencast Mine north of Westport. More >>
Solid Energy full ownership of Spring Creek Underground Mine
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 4:25 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy has bought back Cargill’s 49% share of Spring Creek Mining Company, the owner of Spring Creek Underground Mine near Greymouth. Cargill joined as the minority joint venture partner in March 2007 and supported a development programme ... More >>
LEARNZ and Solid Energy bring field trips to the classroom
Wednesday, 11 January 2012, 1:26 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Teachers throughout the country are able to take their students on educational adventures thanks to LEARNZ virtual field trips. In its tenth year of sponsorship, Solid Energy will support four online and interactive excursions in 2012. More >>
Buller’s Stockton Plateau coal production reaches 50 Million
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 1:27 pm | Solid Energy NZ
The 50 millionth tonne of high-quality coking coal mined from the Stockton Plateau in Buller has been railed to Lyttelton for export. The Plateau’s output over more than 110 years would be worth $15 trillion ($15,000,000,000) at today’s price (US$230 ... More >>
Solid Energy Amateur Sports Awards: 8 talented West Coasters
Monday, 12 December 2011, 3:07 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Eight young athletes from the West Coast who are excelling in sporting fields such as basketball and hockey are receiving grants in the Solid Energy Amateur Sports Trust’s latest round of funding. More >>
Fundraising marathon ends with a splash
Friday, 9 December 2011, 4:27 pm | Solid Energy NZ
The Rūnanga/Dunollie community will tomorrow (10 December) celebrate the result of a 17-year fundraising marathon when their upgraded swimming pool is officially opened. Chris Frogley, Chair of the Runanga Community Swimming Pool Trust, and Grey ... More >>
Solid Energy responds to further safety allegations
Thursday, 1 December 2011, 7:09 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy will hold a public meeting (open to the media) in Huntly tomorrow for its staff and stakeholders at 4pm at the Twin Lakes Centre, 63 Rotowaro Road, Huntly. Solid Energy Chief Executive Officer, Dr Don Elder and Chief Operating Officer, Barry ... More >>
Huntly East Mine operating Safely, says Solid Energy
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 10:54 am | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy says that it is very confident that its Huntly East Underground Mine is operating safety. More >>
Solid Energy Internet System Hacked
Friday, 25 November 2011, 12:48 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy says its internet system was hacked overnight. It has addressed the issue. More >>
Solid Energy donates sunhats to early childhood centres
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 2:12 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy this week donated sunhats to all 450 children enrolled at 10 kōhanga reo and early childhood centres near the company’s Huntly coal mines. A biennial event and part of Solid Energy’s community support programme, distributing the ... More >>
Exploration consents sought for export coking coal operation
Monday, 7 November 2011, 2:06 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy is applying to the Grey District and West Coast Regional Councils for resource consents which would support the company’s exploration of a substantial resource of export-grade hard coking coal near Greymouth. If the exploration consents ... More >>
New Reefton opencast mine helps ensure supply
Friday, 28 October 2011, 2:23 pm | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy is developing a small opencast mine near Reefton which will begin supplying coal to the company’s industrial customers on the West Coast and upper South Island in early 2012. More >>
Solid Energy secures Ikamatua rail load-out sub-lease
Thursday, 20 October 2011, 11:53 am | Solid Energy NZ
Solid Energy will take a sub-lease of the coal stockpile and rail load-out facility at Ikamatua which was developed by Pike River Coal (in receivership). More >>
