By Rebecca Howard Sept. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Synlait Milk will commission its new Pokeno plant before the end of the month despite an ongoing legal battle. “We are technically in breach of the covenant now, even as we build on the land,” chief executive Leon Clement told Bus...
By Rebecca Howard Sept. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Synlait Milk lifted annual net profit 10 percent and said it remains sanguine about legal issues facing its soon-to-be commissioned Pokeno plant. Profit rose to $82.2 million in the year ended July 31 from $74.6 million a year ear...
By Gavin Evans Sept. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Z Energy has cut its earnings guidance by $60 million, citing “unprecedented” discounting and weaker than expected margins at the Marsden Point refinery. The firm says its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation and...
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 12 (BusinessDesk) - China's ambassador to New Zealand, Wu Xi, says her government hopes New Zealand will let Chinese telecommunications company Huawei provide equipment for the country's 5G network despite "trade bullying" from the United States. I...