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Regional coal resources

Find out more about New Zealand's regional coal resources. Northland Waikato Taranaki region West Coast Canterbury region Otago region Southland South Island lignite resources Last updated: 19 January 2017 Find this helpful? Give us your feedback

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Why New Zealand is importing coal by the shipload

02-08-2021Coal is the worst emitter you can possibly find and we're finding lots of it – in Indonesia. Last year we imported more than we had in 14 years, and this year we're expecting more – another 150,000 tonnes on last year's total. It appears we are going backwards in spite of the seemingly green moves being made by the government.

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New Zealand: subbituminous coal production volume 2021

02-04-2022New Zealand's sub-bituminous coal production volume totaled over 1.3 million metric tons in 2021. Most of the sub-bituminous coal was extracted from coal mines located in the Waikato

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New Zealand Top Commodity Imports Exports: A

05-11-2020New Zealand's GDP New Zealand's GDP is $205 billion (ranked 51st in the world) and its GDP per capita is $41,945, which makes it 24th globally on a per capita basis. The island country has seen 53.8% growth in its GDP

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Coal Action Network Aotearoa

on Fonterra's halt on new coal welcome: don't dash for gas. Sign Up For Newsletter. Fill in this form to receive our monthly newsletter filled with information, All our information on the New Zealand coal industry in one place. Recent Tweets. Good news from Southland: A high-pressure electric boiler will replace the current coal-fired

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Quantity of coal produced in New Zealand

The production statistics feature coal, industrial minerals and metallic minerals groups. Metallic minerals produced are gold, silver and titanomagnetite ironsand. Rock, sand, and aggregate are produced for roading and construction and are vital for the development of New Zealand's infrastructure.

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The coal rush

Huntly East mine is operated by state-owned enterprise Solid Energy New Zealand, the country's largest coal producer. Much of the coal that streams out of the mine on conveyor belts 24 hours a day is railed directly to New

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Why are we still burning coal?

Coal warms our hospitals and schools, ripens our tomatoes, makes roses bloom, turns ironsand into steel, dries milk powder for export, and generates electricity when hydro lakes are low and gas production sputters. Coal also releases close to double its weight in carbon dioxide emissions—and, in 2021, New Zealand imported record volumes of it. If we're to meet our net

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Energy in New Zealand 2017

falls in coal and crude oil production New Zealand produced enough energy to meet 78% of its energy requirements Energy production fell 17.5 PJ to 719 PJ in 2016. This was due to falls in coal and crude oil production explained in the previous section. In contrast gas production increased 4.6% in 2016 because of higher demand from the Chemicals

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Coal Production Stats

Produced 31.1 Mt of coal in 2018 (steel-making coal) Coal is produced for two main uses Steel-Making Coal Canada produced about 31 Mt of steel-making coal in 2018. Almost all of Canada's steel-making coal produced was exported. Thermal Coal Approximately 30 million tonnes of thermal coal was produced in 2018.

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USGS Fact Sheet 2004

U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3089: New Zealand Coal Resources. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3089 September 2004 - Online Version 1.0. New Zealand Coal Resources Total cumulative production from all New Zealand coal fields to the end of 1998 was about 253 Mt (New Zealand Ministry of Commerce, 1998a).

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Coal Association of New Zealand

The Coal Association of New Zealand -- which represents the interests of over 95% of New Zealand's coal producers and industry users -- states that its vision is that coal is accepted as a secure, competitive, and environmentally sustainable energy resource contributing to New Zealand's prosperity. [1] Contents 1 Member Companies

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New Zealand: A greener future for dairy

25-02-2021The research compares carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions per kilogramme of milk (fat and protein corrected milk – the nutritional content recognised in the study as CO2e per kg FPCM). New Zealand produced 0.74 kg CO2e per kg FPCM (fat and protein corrected milk). This proved to be 46% less than the average of the countries studied.

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New Zealand electricity system

At the beginning of World War Two, the Hydro-Electric Branch of the PWD was generating 280 MW from eight hydro-electric stations and two coal fired steam power stations. The network of transmission lines had been considerably

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New Zealand targets cow burps to help reduce global warming

2 As part of a push to become carbon neutral, New Zealand's government has promised to reduce methane emissions from farm animals by up to 47% by 2050. Last month the government announced a plan to

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Process for rehabilitating mined areas to production forestry

Download scientific diagram | Process for rehabilitating mined areas to production forestry. from publication: Mine Environment Life-cycle Guide: potential acid-forming and non-acid-forming coal

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Coal production

Coal production and imports in the United Kingdom Terrawatt-hours. Coal production and imports in the United Kingdom Tonnes. Coal production by region. Coal production per capita. Coal production per capita over the long

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Natural Vs Synthetic Fabrics: A Guide to Fabric

This natural fibre is hypoallergenic making it a suitable choice for those with sensitive skin. Cotton is all-natural, making for a comfortable and breathable fabric year-round. Synthetic Fibres—Polyester Polyester, derived from coal and petroleum, the fibres are the result of a chemical reaction between acid and alcohol.

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Global average levelised cost of hydrogen production by energy

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New Zealand Pledges an End to Coal by 2018

26-10-2022In 2013, New Zealand extracted 4.6 million tons of coal, exporting a little less than half of it — mostly to Asia, where it's used to power steel manufacturing. Nearly two-thirds of New Zealand's coal

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Government delivers next phase of climate action

08-04-2021Process heat is the thermal energy used to manufacture products in industry. Its uses include converting milk into powder, wood pulp into paper, metal production and chemical production (eg, methanol). It generates around 8 per cent of New Zealand's GHG emissions. It makes up 17 per cent of emissions covered under our 2050 net zero target.

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WA government facing intervention calls before embattled coal

1 To deal with shortfalls in production at Premier and Griffin, customers, including state-owned power producer Synergy and mining giant South32 have moved to import coal from abroad despite record prices for the fuel. Grahame Kelly, the Mining and Energy Union's general secretary, broadly supported the calls for intervention.

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Buller coal towns – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

New Zealand's first state coal mine was opened at Seddonville in 1903, but closed in 1914 because of mining difficulties. A number of private mines worked coal during the 20th century, but mining has now ceased. Millerton High-altitude settlement, 31 km north-east of Westport.

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A Newspaper From 1912 Predicted The Future Consequences of Burning Coal

Aug 16, 2018A newspaper in New Zealand printed this on Aug 14, 1912. ( National Library of New Zealand/Creative Commons) It reads: The furnaces of the world are now burning about 2,000,000,000 tons of coal a year. When this is burned, uniting with oxygen, it adds about 7,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere yearly.

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New Zealand Coal Resources

New Zealand Ministry of Commerce, 1998b, New Zealand Annual Mining Review 1996: Wellington. Suggate, R.P., 1959, New Zealand coals—Their geological setting and its influence on their properties: Department of Scientific and Indus-trial Research Bulletin 134, 112 p. Suggate, R.P., 1990, Coal ranks in Permian-Lower Cretaceous rocks of New

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The state of the New Zealand fruit juice industry

20-02-2013Other major producers include Charlie's Trading Company, Rio Beverages Limited, Greenway orchards Limited, First Choice Limited, Foodstuffs (New Zealand) Limited, General Distributors Limited, Coca Cola Amatil (NZ)

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Why are we still burning coal?

In 2020, according to the International Energy Agency, Indonesia produced around 529 million tonnes of coal, including more than one million tonnes sold to New Zealand. We also imported 95,000 tonnes from Australia, and virtually all of it was low-grade (so-called sub-bituminous)—coal that's low in energy value and high in carbon emissions.

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Papers Past

INCREASING COAL VALUES LOW-TEMPERATURE CARBONISING. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Low-temperature carbonisation of coal was tho subject of a statement issued to-day by the Hon. H. Atmore, Minister in charge of scientific and industrial research. "In considering the application of lowtemperature carbonisation in New Zealand," he

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16-11-2022Coal minister Pralhad Joshi says 'net zero' doesn't mean not producing emission, but it is about absorbing whatever is being emitted. In an interview to TOI 's Sanjay Dutta, Joshi said India is working towards building that capacity as the country wi

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WINTER SHOW INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. THE OPENING CEREMONY POSSIBILITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DOMINION, AS SEEN BY GOVERNOR GENERAL "I trust that the exhibition will be a source o

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Revenue from production of coal and selected energy transition

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List of power stations in New Zealand

This is a list of power stations in New Zealand. The list is not exhaustive – only power stations over 0.5 MW and significant power stations below 0.5 MW are listed. Coal/Gas waste heat: 112: 1997: Alinta: Junction Road: Taranaki: Gas: 100: 2020 : Nova Energy: Huntly 1-4

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Climate change in New Zealand

Climate change in New Zealand involves historical, current and future changes in the climate of New Zealand; and New Zealand's contribution and response to global climate change. Summers are becoming longer and hotter, and some glaciers have melted completely and others have shrunk. In 2021, the Ministry for the Environment estimated that New Zealand's gross

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Includes calendars: Alexander Turnbull Library Calendar, 1986. Seven colour prints from watercolours of New Zealand cities and towns painted by W

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Essay on Coal in New Zealand

In 2018, the total production of coal in New Zealand was 14.3 million tonnes. This was a decrease of 1.7 million tonnes from the previous year. The majority of this coal (11.5 million tonnes) was produced from opencast mines, while the remaining 2.8 million tonnes were produced from underground mines.

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Coal resources – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

The bulk of New Zealand's coal resources are lignites in the south of the South Island. Over 7 billion tonnes of mineable lignite resources have been proven in Otago and Southland, enough to provide a significant proportion of New Zealand's energy needs for a long period if needed.

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According to the 2018 IPCC Report, coal-fired power generation needs to be reduced by 78% by 2030 in order to keep the 1.5C goal within reach. The recent IEA Report Net Zero by 2050 confirmed that no new coal power plants or coal mines should be developed.

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Coal and coal gas – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Coal gas Coal was converted into a gas used for lighting, heating and cooking. Known as 'coal gas' or 'town gas', it was widely used in England and Europe, so it was a familiar fuel to many settlers. In New Zealand it was provided by local authorities and private companies from the 1860s on. By 1916 there were gasworks in 56 cities and towns.

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Energy in New Zealand

New Zealand Coal Production, 1878 - 2018. [1] Coal is produced from 18 opencast mines. [7] Over 80% of New Zealand's coal reserves are contained in Southland lignite deposits. Most coal production is of bituminous and sub-bituminous coals, and most of this is exported. [8] Oil and gas [ edit] Main article: Oil and gas industry in New Zealand

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