The Field Trip to Failure
The mining industry is set to do a field trip to the Mataura lignite resource this weekend – the resource that contributed to Solid Energy’s failure.
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Category: briquetting plant
Southland coal looks set to stay in the hole as briquette plant mothballed
16 October 2013– Coal activists are cheering today at the news that Solid Energy and GLT Ltd are mothballing the lignite briquette plant in Mataura, Southland, and said they were confident that a final decision...
Read MoreIs this what the phase-out of coal looks like?
Jeanette Fitzsimons writes: So we finally have the Government’s plan to restructure finances of the heavily indebted Solid Energy. There were only ever two main paths. The first was liquidation, with the liquidator selling...
Read MoreSolid Energy appears locked in combat over who should pay for lignite plant
UPDATE: Press release, 20 June 2013 – Solid energy has now released a statement… so we have responded: According to information in an OIA about health and safety issues at the Mataura plant – recently...
Read MoreCoal Action Murihiku Takes On Briquettes and Bathurst In Its April Newsletter
It’s been a really good few months for our Southland regional group, Coal Action Murihiku. Solid Energy’s arrogance and mismanagement came home to roost with a vengeance, meaning that the threat to Southland’s...
Read MoreSolid Energy and the National Government: So Happy Together
“The Government was worried about Solid Energy’s ambitious investment plans and rosy view of coal prices as far back as 2009 but was unable to order the company to steer a safer course, Prime Minister John Key...
Read MoreSouthland lignite proposals “100% stupidity” Aussie farmer tells meeting
Press release The idea of digging up fertile farmland for lignite coal was “100% stupidity,” an Australian farmer told a Southland meeting today. Rob McCreath was addressing the “Keep the Coal in the Hole” summer festival in...
Read MoreQuestions about lignite in Parliament
Some questions were raised by Kennedy Graham (of the Greens) about lignite mining, including the proposed briquetting plant in Southland, in parliament recently. You can also read the...
Read MoreKeep the Coal in the Hole: Why NZ’s Lignite should not be Mined (Jeanette Fitzsimons)
Earlier this year, Jeanette Fitzsimons talked at four public meetings across Aotearoa hosted by Coal Action Network Aotearoa. At these meetings, she used a powerpoint presentation to supplement her talk. Please download it by...
Read MoreGore District Council – non-notified consent for pilot briquetting plant
Belatedly, here is the link to the Gore District Council non-notification decision (on the pilot briquetting plant in Mataura) and associated documents: http://www.goredc.govt.nz/node/158 And, on the 7th of June, their decision...
Read MoreSolid Energy advised Environment Southland against notification
Having found out that Solid Energy had their lawyers write to the Gore District Council advising them against notifying the pilot briqutting plant application, we thought we’d better write to Environment Southland and ask...
Read MoreSolid Energy pilot briquetting plant consent decisions: update
Kia ora koutou, Two Councils have to make decisions on Solid Energy’s resource consent application for its proposed pilot briquetting plant. They are Environment Southland and the Gore District Council. One has now made a...
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