2019 production figures

As at the end of 2019 there were 18 operating coal mines in New Zealand.

Coalfield	Mine	Operator	Rank	Type	Production 2019 (tonnes)
Waikato
Maramarua	Kopuku	BT Mining	SB	Opencast	246,144
Rotowaro	Awaroa	BT Mining	SB	Opencast	652,300
West Coast
Buller	Stockton	BT Mining	B	Opencast	1,041,958
Buller	Cascade^$	Bathurst Coal	B	Opencast	1,002
Buller	Escarpment^$	Buller Coal	B	Opencast	1,248
Reefton	Reefton Operations	Moore Mining	SB	Opencast	51,705
Reefton	Boatmans^*	Boatmans Coal	SB	Opencast
Garvey Creek	Echo	Francis Mining	B	Opencast	59,979
Inangahua	Giles Creek	Birchfield Coal	SB	Opencast	137,760
Inangahua	Berlins Creek	Heaphy Mining	SB	Opencast	7,489
Inangahua	New Creek	New Creek Mining	SB	Opencast	10,455
Greymouth	Strongman	Birchfield Coal	B	Opencast	55,430
Greymouth	Rajah	Roa Mining	B	Opencast	158,553
Charleston	Charleston	Charleston Coal	SB	Opencast	62
Canterbury
Canterbury	Malvern Hills	Bathurst Coal	SB	Opencast	106,373
Otago
Kaitangata	Castle Hill^*	Kai Point Coal	SB	Opencast
Southland
Ohai	Takitimu^#	Bathurst Coal	SB	Opencast	118,904
Ohai	Wairakei	New Vale & Ohai Coal	SB	Opencast	34,220
Waimumu	New Vale^*	New Vale & Ohai Coal	L	Opencast
Ashers	Waituna^*	Sinclair Contracting	L	Opencast

^$Production obtained from stockpiles or from former stockpiles as part of rehabilitation

^*Private coal operation

^#Mixture of Crown owned and private coal. Only Crown owned coal production presented

SB – Sub Bituminous

B – Bituminous

L – Lignite

Last updated: 20 August 2020