Greymouth mine blast causes slip

A bungled blasting operation has sent a slip into a creek at Solid Energy's Strongman opencast mine near Greymouth.

Solid Energy said the slip occurred on Sunday night and blamed a "non-standard" blast by its contractor.

The blast had sent a "significant amount of soil, gravel and vegetation" into the Doherty Creek upper catchment.

The slip occurred while the contractor was working to remove fuel from a long-running underground fire at Strongman.

West Coast Regional Council senior compliance staff visited the site on Tuesday.

Solid Energy and the contractor were working on a plan to deal with the damage, Solid Energy said.