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The Stockton mine railway was, in 1908, New Zealand’s first electric railway. It carried coal from the Westport-Stockton Coal Companies mine to the NZR railhead at Ngakawau on the West Coast of the South Island from 1908 to 1953, when it was replaced by an aerial cableway. The line was 10.5 km long, with 2.4 km in two long tunnels.
In 2017 Bathurst resources formed a joint-venture with Talley's Energy (BT Mining Ltd) to acquire assets of the former state-owned coal miner Solid Energy Ltd. [27] By 2018 Bathurst Resources became New Zealand's largest coal mining company, with mines at Maramarua, Rotowaro, and Stockton added to its portfolio. [18] [28]
By the end of 2021 production was from 15 opencast mines, [14] the largest being Stockton (see Environmental issues below), which produced 984,951 tonnes that year. The largest coal mining company was Solid Energy, a state-owned enterprise, until its collapse in 2015, but is now Bathurst Resources. [15]
The Mt William North Mining Project is a proposed coal mine planned for the West Coast Region of New Zealand. Solid Energy, the state-owned mining company, applied for resource consents in February 2012 to mine an area near the existing Stockton Mine. Preparation costs are expected to be $30-40 million to mine five million tonnes of coking coal ...
The plateau contains rich seams of high-quality coal, which led to the creation and abandonment of the mining towns of Denniston and Millerton, and the current Stockton Mine. Plans to create a new open-cast mine on the southern part of the plateau have become an environmental controversy.
In 2017, Heritage Coal was an enormously successful mining operation and, in 2017, Heritage Coal reported on the Svonavecs’ joint Form 1040, Schedule C, as “pass-through” approximately ...
The largest coal mining companies of the world are found in several countries, the most prominent among them being the United States, Australia, India and China.Unlike the article on the List of largest mining companies by revenue, this article focuses solely on coal mining companies and deliberately avoids listing companies that mine Gold, Silver or Platinum.
Through the first three quarters of 2024, adjusted operating income from the company's integrated power division (where it invests in clean energy and electricity) grew 21% compared to 2023.