 In 2006, Solid Energy bought Newvale Coal Co Limited and acquired the Newvale opencast mine, located in the Waimumu coal field in Southland.The Newvale mine supplies lignite to the domestic market, including to Fonterra's Edendale dairy plant.In December 2010 the Terrace mine near Reefton, which had closed in 2009, was sold to Crusader Coal.