Markets: Analysis
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
26 Jun 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Recession news keeps carbon down
23 Jun 2009
Carbon followed oil on a downward trend overnight after news that the World Bank expects the global recession to last longer than previously expected, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
23 Jun 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
23 Jun 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Unemployment, not oil, driving carbon
19 Jun 2009
The price of carbon has consolidated after falling quite heavily earlier in the week.
Current carbon credits available
19 Jun 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
19 Jun 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon and oil locked in battle
16 Jun 2009
Carbon and oil have been battling over the last week with the normally highly correlated commodities going in opposite directions, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
16 Jun 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
16 Jun 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon wanders off on own path
12 Jun 2009
Carbon has traded sideways over the past three days despite the fact that carbon is historically highly correlated to oil, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
12 Jun 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
12 Jun 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon slumps overnight
9 Jun 2009
Carbon slumped 5 per cent overnight, mainly on a break of a long term support, reports broker OMFinancial.
Current carbon credits available
9 Jun 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
9 Jun 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon tracks higher with oil
5 Jun 2009
The price of carbon continues to track higher with oil, which is booming on the back of a weak US dollar, reports broker OMFinancial.
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
5 Jun 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Current carbon credits available
5 Jun 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Carbon follows oil to firmer price
2 Jun 2009
Carbon prices firmed in line with oil but trading was affected by European holidays and the volume was thin, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
2 Jun 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
2 Jun 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Oil firm, but carbon price slips
29 May 2009
Carbon fell overnight despite oil prices being firm, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
29 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
29 May 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon puts on a holiday spurt
26 May 2009
Carbon rose slightly in holiday-affected markets and continues to track oil which is holding the US$60 per barrel mark, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
26 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
26 May 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon in holiday mode
22 May 2009
Carbon had a lacklustre night with most of Europe on holiday, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
22 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
22 May 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon rises on back of crude
19 May 2009
Carbon firmed on the back of rising crude oil which rose in line with a strong equity market and heightened tensions in Nigeria, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
19 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
19 May 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Australian ETS goes to House
15 May 2009
Australia has introduced its ETS legislation into the House and now the test will come from the Liberal opposition and the Greens to either support the legislation or the give the Government its double dissolution trigger to go the polls for an early election.
Current carbon credits available
15 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes - price on application
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
15 May 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon price has doubled since February
12 May 2009
New Zealand really needs to make a decision soon in regard to the ETS - the price of carbon has doubled since February and our slow inaction means emitters have been unable to take advantage of a very low carbon price, says OMFinancial.
Current carbon credits available
12 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes - price on application.
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
12 May 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change and subject to counter-party credit assessment.
Carbon continues rise
8 May 2009
The carbon price continued to rise overnight in line with firm oil.
Current carbon credits available
8 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – offered at NZ$26.50 ($/t)
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
8 May 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over the counter (OTC) on prices in size. Prices below are indicative, subject to change and subject to counterparty credit assessment.
Carbon rally might not be sustainable
5 May 2009
The price of carbon continues to rally on the back of firmer energy prices, but the contango is narrowing, especially in secondary CERs, OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
5 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – offered at NZ$26.95 ($/t).
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
5 May 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change and subject to counter-party credit assessment.
Carbon trades-the-range
1 May 2009
Carbon continues to trade-the-range, in spite of a negative forecast by European carbon analysts, who expect the price of carbon to crash later this year as a flood of new (European) allowances hits the market, broker OMFinancial reports.
Current carbon credits available
1 May 2009
NZ AAUs – December 2008 NZUs – 500,000 tonnes – offered at NZ$26.75 ($/t).
Latest strip of CERs 2009 – 2012 vintage – indicative mid-prices
1 May 2009
OMFinancial is able to deal over-the-counter on prices in size. Prices are indicative, subject to change, and subject to counter-party credit assessment.
Carbon weakens overnight
28 Apr 2009
Carbon weakened slightly overnight in line with softer energy prices, broker OMFinancial reports.
Govt slammed for weakening methane target
Mon 15 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams The Government has pushed through legislation under urgency to almost halve New Zealand’s 2050 methane target – a move Opposition parties say disregards scientific advice, breaks the country’s hard-won political consensus on climate action, and shifts the burden of higher warming and higher future costs onto the next generation.
Hydro increases overall renewable electricity generation in September quarter
Fri 12 Dec 2025
The September quarter saw 89.4% of all electricity generated from renewable sources, with hydro, geothermal and solar leading the charge, according to new data from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
Govt warned that scrapping ag emission pricing comes with risks
Thu 11 Dec 2025
By Liz Kivi | The Government’s move to halt plans for agricultural emissions pricing without replacing it with any other action will leave New Zealand facing a bigger gap to meet its third emissions budget, Environment ministry officials have warned.
Transport dominates NZ’s rising consumer emissions
Wed 10 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Transport pollution was the biggest contributor to an increase in New Zealand’s consumption-based emissions in 2023, with emissions from household travel up 12%, and consumption-based emissions totalling 58.3 million tonnes – up 1.6% from the previous year.
NZ could become ‘dumping ground’ for dirty vehicles: Commissioner
Today 11:15am
By Liz Kivi | Simon Upton, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, has warned the Government that its changes to the clean car standard could turn the country into a dumping ground for high emitting cars, making future emissions budgets harder to achieve.
Uncertainty eroding confidence in forestry sector
5 Dec 2025
By Shannon Morris-Williams | Warnings are mounting that tree planting is set to plunge to “very close to zero”, as new Ministry for Primary Industries data shows ETS registration applications falling sharply as confidence in forestry declines.
Investors must support positive climate-tech
28 Nov 2025
OPINION: We need better leadership than the current ‘climate opportunism’ that is rife in the Beehive, and we need to back a marketplace that will make it happen, writes Rob Campbell.
