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The types of coal found in New Zealand include lignites, sub-bituminous, bituminous and semi-anthracite coals. [3] However, the geology of many coal fields can be complex, with significant structural tectonic disturbances caused by many fields being found near the boundaries between the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates that run through the country. [3]
New Zealand Coal Production, 1878 - 2014. [10] Coal mining produced almost 4 million tonnes of coal in 2014, of which 44% was exported. [10] In 2016 it was down to 2,834,956 tonnes, [11] very similar to production in 2020. [12] New Zealand coal reserves are in excess of 15 billion tonnes, mainly in Waikato, Taranaki, West Coast, Otago and ...
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.
Coal mining disasters in New Zealand (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Coal mines in New Zealand" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
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Tacon is the chairperson of the Coal Association of New Zealand. [7] In November 2010 Bathurst Resources listed on the NZX (New Zealand's Exchange), in addition to its ASX listing. With a background of falling coal prices, following the Global Financial Crisis, the company delisted from the NZX on 3 July 2015 as a cost saving measure.
The major New Zealand clients for the mined coal are the power station and the New Zealand Steel mill at Glenbrook. The first coal to be mined was half a ton at Taupiri in 1849, [28] followed by 32 tons in 1850, [29] opposite Kupa Kupa, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Huntly, [30] and coal was also discovered at Papahorohoro, near Taupiri. [31]
The company also operated mines in other places on the West Coast, including Millerton, and by 1905, the company was by far the largest coal producer in New Zealand. [9] The Westport Coal Company's mines and the Denniston Incline were taken over by the New Zealand State Mines Department in 1948.