As of 19 April 2011, Police had received invoices from 232 suppliers for goods or services relating to the search, rescue and recovery operation at Pike River Coal Mine.
Breakdown of expenditure
| Goods or services | Cost |
|---|---|
| Drilling of boreholes | $429,177 |
| Engineering and equipment purchases and hireage | $895,189 |
| Floxal Nitrogen System: |
|
|
$134,192 |
|
$158,380 |
| GAG Machine:[1] |
|
|
$967,964 |
|
$2,468,584 |
|
$1,215,000 |
| Gas monitoring and analysis | $596,606 |
| Gas monitoring equipment hire | $120,126. |
| Professional services and consulting | $297,460 |
| Security | $165,929 |
| Water Corporation Robot | $142,834 |
| Helicopters | $846,623 |
| NZ Mines Rescue Trust | $698,915 |
| Australian Mines Rescue Trust | $321,275 |
| Freight | 197,385 |
| Travel | |
|
$143,672 |
|
$294,494 |
|
$89,476 |
| Other costs (such as consumables, catering, printing, stationery and other sundry expenses) | $733,591 |
| Total search, rescue and recovery costs paid to third parties | $10,916,871 |
In addition $296,488 of staff allowances has been paid to Police officers on rotation in Greymouth.
Pike River costs [PDF, 34KB]
Deed of Reimbursement of Costs, July 2012 [PDF, 55KB]
[1] GAG Machine means the Gorniczy Agregat Gasniczy machine provided to the Police by Queensland Mines Rescue Service and all associated spares, consumables and manuals;