Solid Energy New Zealand Limited - Profile Company Report Australia

30-06-2012, 9 pages

Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd is a New Zealand government-owned enterprise that generates its revenue from the extraction, processing, marketing and distribution of nearly 4 million tonnes of black coal per year. The company is headquartered in Christchurch and employs approximately 815 staff with an additional 800 contractors based at their sites throughout New Zealand.

Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd is a leading producer of coal for the New Zealand and export markets.

It produces four main types of coal: Coking Coal, Low Ash PCI Coal, Thermal Coal and Specialist Coal. These types are used locally as well as being exported. In New Zealand the coal is used in steel mills, electricity, dairy, cement, meat and timber processing industries. Overseas, the coal is used in steel mills, coke makers, power utilities, industrial processors and specialist applications such as activated carbon.

Solid Energy is also involved in the development of renewable energy sources and operates the following three businesses:

Nature's Flame - a producer of clean-burning wood pellets and fuel for home and commercial uses.

Biodiesel New Zealand - producing fuel for the transportation industry from two sources - used vegetable oil collected from restaurants and food processors and from locally grown oilseed rape crops.

Switch energy solutions - retailing of heating products including - pellet fires, central heating and solar water heating.

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