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Treasury could have made more forceful Solid Energy response

Tuesday June 11, 2013 | 8 comments

But the state coal miner's financial woes do not signal a failure of monitoring, Deloitte says.

"There was only ever going to be one result for SE after a fall in coal prices, which is what we now see."

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Fiji's casino fundraiser, a man called Dairy Global and why Georgie Pie really returned

NBR Online staff | Friday June 07, 2013

A former Dunedin businessman is linked to an ambitious $US290m casino project in Fiji.

EDITOR'S INSIGHT: The battle for Denniston

Denniston Plateau on the West Coast
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Nevil Gibson | Wednesday May 29, 2013 | 2 comments

"So we need to protect a place that sells itself on its mining heritage from the ravages of mining?"

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Solid Energy based failed strategy on non-existent analysis

Pattrick Smellie | Tuesday May 21, 2013 | 19 comments

As long ago as a December 2006 report officials had flagged concerns about the miner's departure from established strategy.

"In many cases it appears that CEOs are contracted for a couple of years to do whatever they like with no constraints at all."

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Solid Energy to purge a further 105 jobs

Chairman Mark Ford
Wednesday May 08, 2013 | 1 comment

Cuts add to the 440 already shed as the unprofitable state-owned coal miner shrinks its focus back to coal.

Solid Energy told to prepare for sale despite damning scoping study

Blair Cunningham | Friday March 22, 2013 | 2 comments

Treasury called for intensive government monitoring – not confident of company's turnaround plans.

"The mind boggles."

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