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Greenies run out of gas in appealing Denniston Plateau coal mine
Nov. 12 (BusinessDesk) - The Royal Forest & Bird Protection Society won’t appeal an Environment Court ruling signing off on a planned coal mine for the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau after cutting a deal with mining company Bathurst Resources yesterday. The environmental lobby...

Infratil lifts 1H dividend as Z sell-down floods coffers; pretax earnings slip
By Paul McBeth Nov. 12 (BusinessDesk) - Infratil, the listed infrastructure investor, raised its first-half dividend after trebling its money from the sell-down of service station chain Z Energy, while pretax earnings were hurt by smaller contributions from power company invest...

Mainfreight first-half profit jumps 51 percent on Bosman settlement, Australasia, Asian growth
By Jonathan Underhill Nov. 12 (BusinessDesk) – Mainfreight, the transport and logistics group, reported a 51 percent increase in first-half profit, helped by its settlement with the former owners of Wim Bosman and improved performance in Australasia and Asia. Net profit rose t...