Gas levels hamper Pike River efforts again
Rising gas levels have again stopped workers trying to recover the bodies of 29 men trapped inside the Pike River Coal mine today.
Rising gas levels have again stopped workers trying to recover the bodies of 29 men trapped inside the Pike River Coal mine today.
Temperatures inside the Pike River Coal mine continue to fluctuate, frustrating those charged with retrieving the bodies of 29 men killed in a series of explosions since November 19.
Commodities slid, taking stocks on Wall St. lower overnight, amid concern that rising food and raw materials prices would cut into corporate profits.
Petrol prices are likely to remain stable over 2011 but will slowly creep up, say analysts.
Todd Energy is to build a $100m gas-fired power station near Waitara in Taranaki.
NZ has just one inspector to oversee safety in its oil exploration industry.
Many suppliers may never be paid back for giving to the recovery operation at Pike River Coal mine, the Grey District Mayor says.
Receivers for Pike River Coal are making 114 of its employees redundant immediately.
The families of the 29 workers who died in the Pike River mine are calling on the Govt to fund the recovery operation.
Equities on Wall Street began the final five-day trading week of the year on a positive note amid takeover news and optimism about the global economy.
Pike River Coal Ltd, the owner of Pike River mine, has been put into receivership.
State-owned coal miner Solid Energy's plans to turn low-grade Southland lignite coal deposits into massive new industries make no sense and the coal should remain in the ground, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment.