Coal Companies of New Zealand - Solid Energy, Pike River Mine, Kai Point Mine (Paperback)

Chapters: Solid Energy, Pike River Mine, Kai Point Mine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Solid Energy is the largest coal mining company in New Zealand and is a state owned enterprise of the New Zealand Government. The company was formed from the former government department State Coal Mines. It was then established as a state owned enterprise called Coal Corporation in 1987, and renamed Solid Energy New Zealand Limited in 1997. It currently has a turnover of NZ$552 million and produces 4.5 million tons of coal annually. The company mines extensively in New Zealand's Waikato and the West Coast regions. Approximately half the coal mined is exported, as it is high value with little moisture, sulphur, or other impurities. Much of this is to China, India and Japan where it is used in the power generation and coke industries and for the manufacture of steel and other metals. Major domestic users include the Huntly Power Station and New Zealand Steel at Glenbrook. Solid Energy is responsible for approximately 85% of New Zealand's coal production. Annual production is around 4 million tonnes, more than half of which is exported. Solid Energy has invested heavily in the development of renewable energy in New Zealand, and, as such, it has three main lines: Nature's Flame produces wood pellets for home heating. This provides smokeless fuel to meet stringent new clean air standards. Nature's Flame is the largest manufacturer of wood pellets in the Southern Hemisphere, producing from three factories, located in Christchurch, Taupo and Rotorua. Nature's Flame began in 2003, when Solid Energy purchased a small wood pellet company based at Rolleston. Biodiesel NZ produces biodiesel from used vegetable oil and from oilseed rape crops. The business began with ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=582040