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Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products says it has reduced coal consumption by 20% last season compared to the previous year.

A man who bought an opencast Southland lignite mine 18 years ago no longer sells the coal for fuel, but sings its praises as stock food, fertiliser and soil conditioner. 

Fonterra is taking another step forward in its commitment to renewable energy.

Canterbury-based Synlait Milk has reaffirmed its policy of building no more coal-fired boilers, with the official opening of the country’s first large-scale electrode boiler at its Dunsandel headquarters.