Story: Coal and coal mining

Page 10 – External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Australian Coal Association

    This site has extensive information on coal uses, clean coal technologies, and the environmental effects of coal use.

  • Coal in New Zealand

    This page in the New Zealand Minerals Industry Association’s site provides information about New Zealand coal and the coal-mining industry.

  • IEA Clean Coal Centre

    The International Energy Agency Clean Coal Centre is the world's foremost provider of information on the sustainable use of coal.

  • Solid Energy: coals of New Zealand

    Solid Energy is New Zealand’s largest coal producer, and their site has extensive information on its coal mines and products.

  • Welcome to Coal – New Zealand Crown Minerals

    This Ministry of Economic Development site is the main online source of information on New Zealand coal resources.

  • World Coal Institute

    This site has extensive information about how coal is used and how clean coal technology can improve the environmental performance of coal use.

More suggestions and sources

    • Crawshaw, Norman. The first wave: a history of the early days of coal in Buller. Westport: N. Crawshaw, 1999.

    • Ministry of Energy. The coal industry of New Zealand. Wellington: Government Printer, 1974.

    • Richardson, Len. Coal, class and community: the united mineworkers of New Zealand, 1880–1960. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 1995.

    • Sherwood, A. M. An outline of the geology of New Zealand coalfields. New Zealand Geological Survey Record 7. Wellington: New Zealand Geological Survey, 1986.

    • Wood, Brian. Coal Gorge and the Brunner suspension bridge: a heritage and environmental study. Greymouth: B. Wood, 2004.


How to cite this page:

Alan Sherwood and Jock Phillips. 'Coal and coal mining', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 9-Nov-12
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/coal-and-coal-mining/sources