Business
Infrastructure
Electrification of industry viable now - Transpower
By Gavin Evans July 30 (BusinessDesk) - Much of the country’s industrial process heat could be electrified with technology available now, national grid operator Transpower says. Industrial heat pump technology can provide process heat up to 165 degrees Celsius and is expect...
Primary Sector
Promotion or knee-capping? Bridges moves Muller from climate change to agriculture
By Pattrick Smellie July 30 (BusinessDesk) - The National Party MP most involved in negotiating with the government over climate change policy, Todd Muller, has been moved out of that portfolio and given responsibility for agriculture in a move that both Muller and his leader,...
Policy
COSL Prospector ideal rig for Great South Basin - OMV
By Gavin Evans July 30 (BusinessDesk) - The COSL Prospector is an ideal rig for drilling in the Great South Basin, an Environmental Protection Authority hearing was told today. The four-year-old harsh environment rig was designed for working in the North Sea and can operate...
Policy
Green Cross bemoans discounting of govt prescription charge
By Jenny Ruth July 30 (BusinessDesk) - Green Cross Health says it has had to sacrifice margin to combat increased discounting by “some large foreign retailers,” particularly of the government-mandated charge for prescriptions. Chair Peter Merton will tell the annual shareho...
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