Bathurst Resources has finally secured resource consents for its contentious Escarpment coal mine on the West Coast’s Denniston Plateau. The Environment Court today granted consents for the project, ending a projected battle with environmentalists opposing the proposed coal mine, Bathurst said in a statement. The shares rose 1.8 percent to 17.4 cents in trading after the announcement. “We are pleased …

Metlifecare, whose cornerstone shareholder Retirement Villages Group is in the process of selling its stake, sees the upper North Island as its focus for new development opportunities. Managing director Alan Edwards told shareholders at today’s annual meeting in Auckland that the 2014 financial year will be one of consolidation after last year’s merger with Vision Senior Living and RVG’s Private …

Auckland International Airport confirmed its expectation of an underlying profit after tax for the current financial year of between $160 million and $170 million at the annual shareholders’ meeting. The meeting was the last for Joan Withers since joining the board at its NZX listing 16 years ago, three of them spent as chair, to be replaced by Sir Henry …