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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 ...
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.
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.
The largest consumer and importer of coal is China. China mines almost half the world's coal, followed by India with about a tenth. Australia accounts for about a third of world coal exports, followed by Indonesia and Russia. [5] Coal is largely held in the Earth in areas that it needs to be mined from, and is generally present in coal seams.
Ohai township was founded in 1917 following the discovery of large amounts of high quality coal in the area. However, the early days of mining were restricted by poor roads. Coal production boomed in the area in 1925, when the Ohai Railway Board opened a new line linking Wairio to the Ohai Railway District.
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 ...
The Koranui Incline was located in the Waimangaroa valley on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It ran from the Koranui Coal Mining Company’s mine on the southern slopes of Mt Frederick and descended to the north bank of the Waimangaroa River – with a total fall of 700 metres (2,300 ft) and a length of 3.6 kilometres (2.2 miles).