Birchfield Coal
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Birchfield Coal Mines Ltd is a family-based company that operates Giles Creek, an opencast sub-bituminous coal mine in Giles Creek Valley near Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island.[1] The company also holds permits for other opencast mining operations on the West Coast.[2]
Company number: 153961[3]
Incorporation date: 23 Jan 1978[4]
Previous name: Dunollie Coal Mines Limited (Until 17 July 2001)[5]
Ownership[6]
Number of shares issued: 30,000
Shareholder(s): Birchfield Holdings Ltd
Directors [7]
Alan John BIRCHFIELD
Evan Raymond BIRCHFIELD
Gary Paul BIRCHFIELD
Karen Anne BIRCHFIELD
Glenys Noeline PERKINS
Current Permits[8]
41454 Coal Mining Permit (Opencast) 23 Dec 1996–22 Dec 2031
Location: West Coast (Reefton) 235.265 ha Operation name: Giles Creek
41481 Coal Mining Permit (Opencast) 17 Sep 1997–16 Sep 2017
Location: West Coast 66.689 ha Operation name: Hart Creek
41646 Coal Mining Permit (Opencast) 02 Apr 2002–01 Apr 2022
Location: West Coast (Reefton) 207.6 ha Operation name: Stoney River
This permit was transferred from Francis Mining Co Ltd on 5 Jun 2012.
40707 Coal Exploration (Opencast & Underground) 22 Dec 2004–21 Dec 2014
Location: West Coast 1539.0 ha Operation name: Giles Creek
Additional information Coal Producer Member of the Coal Association of New Zealand Inc.[9]
New Zealand Registered Office
Falvey Reeve, 19 Herbert Street, Greymouth, 7840
Website: http://www.birchfieldcoal.co.nz/
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Articles and Resources
Sources
- ↑ Ministry of Economic Development, "Operating coal mines", accessed February 2013
- ↑ Ministry of Economic Development, NZPAM, "Permits", accessed February 2013
- ↑ NZ Companies Office, "Search the Companies Register", accessed February 2013
- ↑ NZ Companies Office, "Search the Companies Register", accessed February 2013
- ↑ NZ Companies Office, "Search the Companies Register", accessed February 2013
- ↑ NZ Companies Office, "Search the Companies Register", accessed February 2013
- ↑ NZ Companies Office, "Search the Companies Register", accessed February 2013
- ↑ Ministry of Economic Development, NZPAM, "Permits", accessed February 2013
- ↑ Coal Association of New Zealand, [www.coalassociation.org/membership.htm "Membership of the Coal Association"], accessed February 2013
