The retail electricity and gas market of TrustPower is set to expand with the purchase of a supplier in the Wanganui district now going unconditional.
The trial of Pike River Coal Ltd chief executive Peter Whittall over charges relating to the Pike River coal mine disaster has been moved to Wellington.
A revised deal has been struck by Origin Energy on the sale of some of its onshore Taranaki oil and gas assets to a Canadian company.
There were no surprises in the latest NZIER study on the economy showing that a catalyst for growth will be the Canterbury rebuild.
New Zealand’s now global biotech company LanzaTech has won another major award for its work on developing low carbon fuels.
The Government yesterday announced who would be the new chief executive of Statistics New Zealand.
The retail electricity and gas market of TrustPower is set to expand with the purchase of a supplier in the Wanganui district now going unconditional.
The importance of the Canadian share market to Glass Earth Gold was reflected in the decision to appoint an investor relations manager there.
Contact Energy has been able to gain large new borrowings from the United States that will be used to refinance some debt facilities.
It’s great to see mineral exploration gaining a tempo in Northland in these challenging times and it’s important that the voice of balance not environmental hysteria carries the day.
With health and safety regulations sharpened the coming annual NZ Minerals Conference in Nelson in August will get five specialists to present on matters relating to the Pike River mine disaster.
Sale of the old New Plymouth power station as two sites has now been completed by Contact Energy.
Finance Minister Bill English ate humble pie following release of the Deloitte report that indicated Treasury was tardy in acting on Solid Energy’s mounting debt level.
Investors in Australasian gold shares are smarting for good reason, particularly with the former lamplight of the industry, Newcrest, now looking like it has a short circuit.
Kea Petroleum has not been coy about its Puka field exploration and development work in the onshore Taranaki and has projected the next well could be better than the first two – combined.
Testing continues on the onshore Sumatra exploration well that involves New Zealand Oil & Gas and indications are that more detailed information is nigh.
Dimishing production from the Maari field resulted in a lower profit performance for OMV NZ but it remained a dominant contributor to royalty coffers for the NZ Government.
The first exploration permits for mineral exploration in Northland as part of a Government plan to open up the scope for precious and base metals, were released yesterday.
Another Canadian oil explorer with joint ventures with TAG Oil has outlined the exploration work it will be undertaking for the balance of this year.
A strong green light has been given to Bathurst Resources for its move to transfer its home bourse to New Zealand at a meeting in Perth yesterday.
Nautilus Minerals may have not yet resolved its project deadlock with the Papua New Guinea Government but it has achieved something many other mineral companies cannot in this environment – raise a lot of money.
Environmentalists are trying to move in on the kill for beleaguered Solid Energy by planning an Environment Court challenge to the validity of the company’s Cypress mine - seen as the next leg of development for the Stockton mine.
The elimination of the image of Bathurst Resources being an Australian company took another step early this week with the appointment of a prominent Maori lawyer to the board of the new Kiwi company.
In these tough times for employment on the South Island’s West Coast it’s good to hear that a new private company is reviving a coal mine in the Reefton district.
NABERSNZ may be a mouthful but its the name of a scheme the Government hopes will help produce high energy savings in commercial buildings in New Zealand.
One of the organisations opposing mining moves by Newmont Waihi Gold in Waihi has aroused the ire of the company over claims of collusion and questionable practices on housing prices in the town.
A South Island company that produced high-tech geological modelling systems has produced an upgraded system for the geothermal industry.
A presentation given recently by Australian geophysicist on the role of aeromagnetics on mineral discoveries in Nelson had an obvious impact as he will be giving lectures at several centres next week
A report released yesterday by Treasury showed that the department had been slow in acting on Solid Energy and that the introduction of independent specialists may have averted some of the debt issues.
A Perth conference on critical minerals, which attracted a global audience, had particular relevance to New Zealand for several specialty minerals – in particular rare earths and platinum group metals.
The port of Lyttelton, which took a belting from the Canterbury earthquakes, showed it could perform and now it’s going to embark on a major expansion.
A new public poll on mining, this time in the Taranaki, produced strong public support for development with the proviso that it created local jobs and looked after the environment.
A well-known figure in both the petroleum and minerals sector in Australia and New Zealand died suddenly last week.
The new production plant for TAG Oil’s Cheal project won the praise of iwi in the Taranaki and also the Prime Minister.
Spot trading in natural gas has moved into the modern age for TransPower with the assistance of some of New Zealand’s production heavyweights.
The prospectus for Chatham Rock Phosphate’s proposal for a significant capital raising has been issued to the NZX and will open for subscription next Friday.
It was a busy week in court last week for Bathurst Resources and the progress towards the green light for the Escarpment coal project will continue in court this week as will the progress of the company becoming a Kiwi entity.
A package of targets for platinum group metals are to be made available for exploration on the South Island and this may attract some of the global specialists in this precious metals family to participate, particularly given the nasty political ructions taking place in South Africa.
The first quarterly report for Mighty River Power released since its partial listing on the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges won’t cause any anxiety for shareholders.
The faceless people behind some companies and limited partnerships will be less a mystery on the basis of new legislation for the corporate world.
Another Canadian company is working in the East Coast Basin and is pondering taking up other targets in New Zealand.
While local objections to a windfarm on the Puketoi Range remain loud the development is now set to proceed.
One Canadian petroleum company operating in New Zealand is looking at its production costs in the onshore Taranaki while another has had to halt drilling because of a noise abatement issue.
A High Court decision in favour of Bathurst Resources takes the company closer to its delayed plan to mine the Escarpment Block on the Denniston Plateau but the environmentalists are refusing to hoist the white flag.
An international website has quoted Fonterra and a farmer organisation as being angered by an announcement by the Greens to halt supplying milk from Taranaki farms where fracking has taken place.
The annual report of Chatham Rock Phosphate is modest in presentation but still big picture in its content.