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Contact's Barnes optimistic Tiwai can stay open

Contact Energy's CEO Dennis Barnes is confident Tiwai Point will remain open.

Contact earnings fall $57m from last year

Tight gas supplies and reduced sales volumes hit the energy company.

How market companies are facing reporting season: Sick feeling for SkyCity?

Coronavirus and Tiwai Point the big issues as reporting season hits.

Auckland power outage: 'Businesses will have lost thousands'

It's still unclear what caused the power cuts in the city.

Clean, green, lean: What would an NZ bioeconomy look like?

Shifting to a "bioeconomy" could transform our sectors and make NZ more sustainable. How?

Heavy industry urges rethink on emission credit tool

Heavy industry wants Govt to rethink its approach to carbon credits.

Consumer NZ: How to get best power, broadband deals

Here are the simple ways to slash hundreds off your bills.

Diversion for man accused of Vector storm hack

Police charged a young man after information for up to 24,000 Vector customers was leaked.

Fletcher wins reprieve, rallies after retaining spot on MSCI index

Shares in Fletcher Building and Mercury Energy rallied sharply on the news.

Mercury starts $256m power plant: Company 'committed and comfortable'

As work starts on a wind farm the generator says it's economic with or without Tiwai Pt.

Huge lease deal sees Genesis move into Wynyard Quarter

Genesis leaving Greenlane for CBD's Wynyard Quarter

Tiwai Pt smelter needs 'tens of millions'

Smelter says it needs major reduction in energy costs, warning the Government not to wait.

S&P says possible Tiwai closure exposes risks in electricity sector

Rio Tinto-controlled NZAS is reviewing its its Tiwai Pt smelter.

$1.5b wiped off power companies as smelter owners hint at closure

The owners of the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter have raised the possibility of closure.

UBS and flygskam: Big scary number that will have airlines worried

The current push back on flying has much more momentum than the ''food miles'' crusade.

Late payers' power bills may drop $30/month

Low-income families may save through a new package of electricity reforms.