GTL Energy’s NZ unit, with option on Solid Energy’s idled briquette plant, posts wider loss

GTL Energy’s NZ unit, with option on Solid Energy’s idled briquette plant, posts wider loss
By Jonathan Underhill March 12 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand unit of Australia’s GTL Energy posted a wider loss last year, reflecting its share of costs to develop Solid Energy’s now-idled Mataura briquette plant. GTL Energy (New Zealand) had a loss of $761,289 in the year ended June 30, from a loss of $205,431 a year earlier, according to its annual report. It garnered no revenue while completing the plant, which used GTL’s technology to increase the thermal energy of lignite, converting it into a coal product that could be used by indust...