'Disappointing outcome': More cuts coming at Methanex
Energy

'Disappointing outcome': More cuts coming at Methanex

Methanex was consulting on further reducing methanol production.

Ian Llewellyn 11 Sep 2024
Methanex contemplates further wind back
Energy

Methanex contemplates further wind back

In another blow to industry in New Zealand, Methanex, the country’s largest gas user, has proposed shedding staff and moving from a two-plant operation to a one-plant operation “for the foreseeable future”.Methanex’s plants are shuttered until the end of October after the company...

Staff reporters 11 Sep 2024
Contact’s Manawa takeover: the details
Energy

Contact’s Manawa takeover: the details

Contact expects dividend uplifts within two years from the Manawa purchase.

Pattrick Smellie 11 Sep 2024
Breaking: Contact Energy to take over Manawa
Energy

Breaking: Contact Energy to take over Manawa

The deal values the standalone renewables generator at $2.3 billion.

Pattrick Smellie 11 Sep 2024


Ian Llewellyn
Ian Llewellyn

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Ian is a journalist with more than 30 years' experience working in NZ and the UK. This has included radio, newspapers, and agencies with time also as a ministerial advisor and press secretary. Experience in the Press Gallery includes reporting for the Independent Business Weekly and more than 10 years with the New Zealand Press Association.

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