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Underground mining for coal is dangerous, and has led to many deaths and injuries in New Zealand. In March 1896, 65 coal miners were killed during the Brunner Mine disaster; as of 2021 this remained New Zealand's most deadly industrial accident. The Pike River Mine disaster in November 2010 caused the deaths of 29 coal miners. [5]
Coal mining disasters in New Zealand (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Coal mines in New Zealand" ... Pike River Coal; Pike River Mine; S. Spring Creek Mine; Stockton Mine;
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 terminology declined into unimportance as the 20th century progressed, and was probably only referred to by a few small railroads and history buffs by the 1980s. Renewed interest in industrial heritage and coal mining history has brought the old names of the coalfields before a larger audience.
In response to a proposed open-cast coal mine, 150 scientists and volunteers conducted a weekend "bio-blitz" on the plateau in March 2012 and discovered several new species: [6] a nationally critically endangered day-flying moth, Arctesthes avatar , described in 2019 and named after the movie Avatar , whose plot concerns a mining company ...
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 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. [10]
Unlike many towns and settlements on the West Coast which grew up around gold mining, Runanga was established as a centre to support the local coal mining industry. In 1902 the Seddon Government established its own coal mines, proclaiming the whole area on the north side of the Grey River as a State Coal Reserve. The Point Elizabeth No. 1 mine ...