Some of the options being consulted on by the Government would appear to also allow the continued use of small, lower-heat coal-fired boilers, but these do not appear to be the Government’s preferred option. Dairy giant Fonterra, which is a major coal user, has supported the idea of a ban and last week said it intended to stop using coal boilers by 2037, which would align it with the Government s proposal. But some smaller food producers had reported more concern about the potential impacts in the run-up to the Government’s announcement on Thursday. Tomatoes NZ general manager Helen Barnes said it had yet to study the proposal.