by Jeanette Fitzsimons Industry is exulting over a stellar rise in the coal price this year. But we won’t be investing our savings. The 5 year steady drop in the price of coking coal since 2011 has slowed work at Stockton,...
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Failed state-owned coal company Solid Energy may no longer be hitting the headlines, but that...
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by Jeanette Fitzsimons Several new Fonterra plants have been officially opened in the last week or...
Read MoreAs The Simpsons taught us, if you give enough monkeys enough typewriters and enough time, they will eventually produce Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities”, or a pretty close approximation: I can now add a...
Read MoreSubmissions on Mokau South’ Resources’ proposal to strip-mine the Panirau Plateau in the Mokau River Catchment for coal close next Tuesday, 2 February. We have had a good response to our call for submissions against...
Read MoreAlready know you want to help? Find out how in our Mokau South submission guide (Word | PDF) As NASA has confirmed, 2015 was the hottest year on record. So the idea of starting any new coal mine represents a dangerous...
Read MoreAlready know the issues? Download our Quick Submission Guide (Word | PDF) and then submit now against Fonterra’s planned coal-fired Studholme expansion. (Note: All 8 of the listed resource consent applications relate to...
Read MoreToo big to fail, too timid to change, or too arrogant to listen? You can form your own view on why Fonterra is determined to bet all our futures on coal, but there is no doubt that this is exactly what they plan to do. Already...
Read MoreJeanette Fitzsimons writes… Our recent post about Fonterra’s new coal mine seems to have provoked a flurry of denials from Fonterra and Solid Energy. Why so sensitive? Fonterra says their Mangatangi mine is not “on hold”...
Read MoreThe Stakes Are High On The Denniston Plateau Bathurst Resources “Alternative Stakeholder Meeting” 8.15am-9.30am, Friday 14 November Meet at Verve Café, 250 Lambton Quay, Wellington Facebook...
Read MoreWhen we started our campaign against Westpac because of its investment in Bathurst Resources, the company bit back. No, no, we don’t invest in Denniston, they said. We were investing in Bathurst before they were planning...
Read MoreStatements made in Indian media by Indian Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma after he met with Energy Minister Simon Bridges on 30 January indicate a clear expectation of some kind of deal between the two Governments on coal, said...
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