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Exporting unprocessed recycling becoming ‘unviable’
Oji Fibre Solutions has hiked paper recycling collection prices for a second time this year and wants government help to grow the industry as a global glut of recycling products drives down export prices.From January, the collection cost of Oji paper recycling bins will climb to...
Primary Sector
Shareholders Assn pours pressure on A2 board over CEO's early exit
A2 Milk Co chief executive and managing director Jayne Hrdlicka will step down from her role effective immediately and former head Geoffrey Babidge will take the helm while a search for a replacement is underway.The stock dropped 7.7 percent to $14 when trading on the NZX opened....
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Primary Sector
Jarden tells Fonterra: keep dumping non-core assets
Fonterra needs to keep dumping assets, irrespective of performance, if they don't add to the cooperative's core business, Jarden said.While the business had made a "solid start' on a new strategy to reverse recent poor performance and disastrous international investments under it...
Primary Sector
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The sun and natural gas: Todd Corp's $3b 'clean' electricity play
Todd Corp is planning to spend $3 billion over the next 10 years in New Zealand on solar electricity, natural gas-fired power stations, and further developing its Taranaki gas fields. Two-thirds of that total will go to extracting more natural gas from Todd's Mangahewa onshore Ta...
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Riley Kennedy
Senior Journalist
Riley Kennedy joined BusinessDesk in 2022 and covers New Zealand’s primary sector, with a focus on the country’s agribusinesses and the broader food and fibre economy. He won the DairyNZ Industry Award at the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators Awards in 2024, and was named Emerging Journalist of the Year by the New Zealand Shareholders Association in 2022. Riley previously worked as a business specialist at the Otago Daily Times and holds a diploma in journalism from Wintec.
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