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The region is the third largest coal producer in the country, Solid Energy - New Vale open cast mine is located near Gore and extracts, processes and delivers lignite coal using its own transport fleet to customers in Southland and Otago. It has 2 working pits separated by about a kilometre. Both are on the same lignite coal seam and together produce about 250,000 tonnes a year.
The Alliance Group group has nine processing plants strategically located throughout the South Island and lower North Island, including a plant in the Gore Distract based at Mataura which employs in excess of 1,000 people. Alliance Group NZ has become one of the largest exporters of meat products from New Zealand, and is New Zealand's leading producer of lamb-based meat products.
Dongwha Patinna NZ, Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of fibreboards. The company offers its products for use in various applications, such as archways, curved partitions, cabinets, and reception counters; door skins, joinery, ceiling fans, and picture mounting; kitchens, bathrooms, and laundries; natural wood veneer, vinyls, printed papers, foils, and melamine papers; flooring substrate; and interior fittings, such as doors and wall linings. Dongwha Patinna NZ, Ltd was founded in 1993 and is based in Mataura, 10 minutes south of Gore.
Alliance Group was established in 1948 by a group of farmers who formed the company to process and market high quality meat and co-products to international markets.
The company is a co-operative, wholly owned and supplied by 5,500 farmer shareholders who supply more than 85% of the livestock processed. It has become one of the largest exporters of meat products from New Zealand, and is New Zealand's leading producer of lamb-based meat products.
Alliance produces high quality meat products from lamb, sheep, cattle, deer and veal, sourced from its shareholders under extensive free-range farming practices. The company's products are enjoyed by discerning consumers in 65 countries throughout the world.
Alliance Group is one of the world's largest processors of sheep meat. The group has nine processing plants strategically located throughout the South Island and lower North Island, including a plant at Mataura which employs in excess of 1,000 people.
Alliance Group produces 30% of New Zealand’s sheep meat production, 10% of its beef production and 20% of its venison production. Nearly all Alliance Group's sheep meat production is exported, accounting for 15% of the world's cross-border sheep meat trade.
Solid Energy continues progressing projects to develop new and innovative technologies to increase the value of lignite.
The company previously secured 1.5 billion tonnes of recoverable lignite reserve in Eastern Southland and started a detailed exploration programme to increase Solid Energy’s knowledge of the Croydon resource in September 2010.
The company plans to use GTL Energy technology for a briquette demonstration plant, producing up to 90,000 tonnes a year of low-moisture and higher-energy briquettes from about 150,000 tonnes of lignite from its New Vale Mine for New Zealand and export thermal coal markets. Resource consents for this demonstration plant were lodged with us in late February for consideration.
Solid Energy is also continuing to progress its project to convert lignites to fertiliser. The initial concept study, completed jointly with fertiliser company Ravensdown, confirmed the attractiveness of a plant producing 1.2 million tonnes of urea (500,000 tonnes for New Zealand markets and the remainder for export). Other plant size options are also being considered.
The company also continues to develop options for New Zealand to meet its transport fuel needs by producing fuel from lignite at a local facility in Southland. Technology evaluation is underway and the company expects to select its preferred technology route for this by the end of 2011.
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