Solid Energy is confident a $1.4 billion lignite-to-urea fertiliser plant it is investigating building in Southland would be viable at the upper range of carbon pricing.
The state-owned coal miner and fertiliser firm Ravensdown hope early next year to make a decision on the plant that could create 500 new jobs and produce enough urea for the country to become self-sufficient in the nitrogen fertiliser and potentially, export it.
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Strip mining lignite at Tagebau Garzweiler near Grevenbroich, Germany. Photo / Wikimedia Commons
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