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Drilling indicates an “economically minable deposit”, says council commercial infrastructure manager Ashby Brown, in a report released under an Official Information Act request. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Bathurst Resources, New Brighton Collieries Limited, has the legal right for exploration, subject to the access agreement with the council, he says. However, if the council had not granted the access, Bathurst could have escalated the matter under the Crown Mineral Act. Robyn Edie/Stuff Southland District Council mayor Gary Tong. Mayor Gary Tong said he was adamant it would have to...

Blood On Our Hands: Local climate activists taking on big corporations It’s easy to think that the future is already fucked. Activists of New Zealand past have lived and died fighting for nuclear disarmament, environmental protections, and the return of stolen land to tangata whenua, fed up by the unjust world they saw around them. But we still face apocalyptic scenes of an uncertain future today. Young activists today are just as fed up but are keen to make a real difference.  Local groups including Extinction Rebellion, Environmental Justice Ōtepoti, Students for Environmental Action, G...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 1:49 pm   The news today that Bathurst Resources is to close its Canterbury Coal mine at Coalgate is a wakeup call for Fonterra, whose Darfield plant down the road runs two coal boilers, says Coal Action Network Aotearoa (CANA). This could spell the end of cheap coal for Fonterra’s Canterbury operations, and should give the company an opportunity to make the switch away from coal, the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel,” said Cindy Baxter, a CANA spokesperson. Fonterra’s Darfield dairy factory has two large, relatively new coal boilers, totalling 75MW, and bur...

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Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 11:48 am Bathurst Resources has regrettably decided to close the Canterbury Coal mine, located in the Malvern Hills 70km from Christchurch. We have reached the point at which the timeframes and cost of regulatory processes outweigh the commercial returns. We have been mining approximately 100,000 tonnes of low-sulphur coal per year at this site, largely supplied to local food processors located near the mine site. We have been working towards economic solutions for keeping the mine open with Environment Canterbury, Selwyn District Council and our customers but the...