Operating coal mine production figures

As at the end of 2023 there were 13 operating coal mines in New Zealand.

Coalfield	Mine	Operator	Rank	Type	Production 2023 (tonnes)
Waikato
Maramarua	Kopuku	BT Mining	SB	Opencast	199,302
Rotowaro	Awaroa	BT Mining	SB	Opencast	335,777
West Coast
Buller	Stockton	BT Mining	B	Opencast	990,647
Buller	Escarpment^$	Buller Coal	B	Opencast	724
Reefton	Reefton Operations	Moore Mining	SB	Opencast	48,258
Reefton	Boatmans^*	Boatmans Coal	SB	Opencast
Garvey Creek	Echo	Francis Mining	B	Opencast	155,742
Inangahua	Giles Creek	Birchfield Coal	SB	Opencast	171,197
Inangahua	New Creek	New Creek Mining	SB	Opencast	0
Greymouth	Strongman	Birchfield Coal	B	Opencast	40,577
Greymouth	Rajah	Roa Mining	B	Opencast	119,575
Otago
Kaitangata	Castle Hill^*	Kai Point Coal	SB	Opencast
Southland
Ohai	Takitimu^#	Bathurst Coal	SB	Opencast	229,006
Waimumu	New Vale^*	New Vale & Ohai Coal	L	Opencast
Ashers	Waituna^*	Sinclair Contracting	L	Opencast

^$Production obtained from stockpiles or from former stockpiles as part of rehabilitation

^*Private coal operation

^#Mixture of Crown owned and private coal. Only Crown owned coal production presented

SB – Sub Bituminous

B – Bituminous

L – Lignite

Last updated: 17 August 2023