Solid Energy at World expo

Solid Energy is putting its money where its biggest export market is, giving New Zealand's pavilion at the 2005 World Exposition in Japan a $300,000 boost.

Japan is the state-owned coal producer's biggest export market, accounting for 46 per cent of the 2.14 million tonnes of coal sent overseas this year.

The Expo is seen as a strategic opportunity to strengthen relationships in that market.