 In December 2012, workers at mines owned by Solid Energy were repeatedly rejecting pay cuts and reductions in hours.Solid made 235 employees redundant at the Spring Creek mine, and reduced the workforce at the Christchurch head office by 163 positions, as well as cutting 60 jobs at the Huntly East mine.In January 2013, workers at the Stockton Mine agreed to reduced hours and pay after months of negotiations with owners Solid Energy, who had dis-established several hundred jobs in the previous year.