Apr 03 2020 Mining company loses appeal to mine ironsands off Taranaki coast. A mining company has lost a bid to overturn a decision preventing it from mining millions of tonnes of ironsands off the coast of Taranaki. The Court of Appeal has dismissed an attempt by Trans-Tasman Resources to overturn a 2018 High Court decision quashing the original consents. Instead the Court of Appeal has
Trans-Tasman Resources Ltd TTR intends to carry out an iron sand mining operation in an area of the South Taranaki Bight off the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The area is located in the EEZ just beyond the 12 nm territorial sea boundary between Hawera and Patea.
Jul 17 2020 A mining company has won the latest round of complicated legal manoeuvring to begin extracting iron sand off the South Taranaki coast. On Friday
Nov 17 2020 Seabed Mining The Basics In April 2017 TTR was given permission to mine up to 50 million tonnes of iron sand a year for 35 years in an area about 66 square km offshore from Taranaki.
4576 New Zealands iron sands occur extensively in coastal dunes and on the adjacent continental shelf of the western North Island and have been successfully mined onshore for over 35 years. Over the last five years Trans Tasman Resources Limited TTRL has made two applications to the Environment Protection Authority EPA for a marine consents to mine iron ore off the South Taranaki Bight.
2 Why have you chosen the South Taranaki Bight area for seabed mining Mineral ore deposits occur as a result of the culmination of many geological conditions. The South Taranaki Bight is an area where a particular type of iron ore has accumulated and which can be extracted in an environmentally sound and economically viable way.
May 12 2020 The Taranaki Iron Sands Mining Appeal An Environmental Precedent. By Grace Goodwin. Seabed mining has never occurred commercially in New Zealand and with the release of a recent Court of Appeal decision it remains uncharted territory. The Taranaki Iron Sands appeals have been hard-fought setting down interesting precedent and giving greater .
South Taranaki Bight iron sand prospect South Taranaki District Taranaki Region New Zealand The prospect involves seabed mining proposed by Trans Tasman Mining of iron sands to be exported for steel making. The iron sands contain ilmenite titanomagnetite andor magnetite derived from .
Nov 19 2020 Taranaki seabed iron sand mining appeal being heard by the Supreme Court. Dawson and Associates has represented a consortium of fishing interests since 2013 in opposing an application for marine discharge consents. A decision-making committee of the Environmental Protection Authority EPA granted consent to discharge up to 50 million tons of sediment onto the seabed.
Seabed Mining Projects. We will extract iron sand from 5km2 of this initial project area each year - just 03 per cent of the resulting in a featureless seabed much like Taranakis black beach Ore is not transported over land and the process does not generate any.
Aug 12 2017 Trans-Tasman Resources gets consent to mine iron ore sand off south Taranaki. Trans-Tasman Resources wants to mine seabed in rare blue whale
Jun 18 2014 Crossley said that the iron sands project was projected to generate 240 million dollars increase in New Zealands GDP annually. South Taranaki Bight would have been the worlds first commercial metals mine on the ocean floor and would have provided a gateway for other mining organisations to follow suit.
Nov 17 2020 Iron sand mining decision too focused on environment firm tells Supreme Court Radio New Zealand Excerpt Nov 17 2020 Environmental protection was weighted too heavily when consent to mine iron sand off the Taranaki Coast was declined Trans-Tasman Resources has
It was formed by the nearby volcanic cones of Taranaki Pirongia and Karioi which over the millennia eroded vast quantities of black iron-rich sand down the streams and rivers on their flanks. Ocean currents then moved the sand north and southwards away from its source.
Sep 23 2013 The iron-depleted sand is then dumped back into the ocean. During this process the ecosystem of the disturbed area is completely destroyed. Trans-Tasman Resources Limited TTR has commissioned the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research NIWA to attempt to predict the environmental impact of mining in South Taranaki.
May 12 2020 The Taranaki Iron Sands Mining Appeal An Environmental Precedent. By Grace Goodwin. Seabed mining has never occurred commercially in New Zealand and with the release of a recent Court of Appeal decision it remains uncharted territory. The Taranaki Iron Sands appeals have been hard-fought setting down interesting precedent and giving greater .
3442 The sand mining methods used will vary depending on the depth of the seafloor where the sand is being extracted from and the distance from shore. Process of Seabed Mining Trans-Tasman Resources Limited applied to mine iron sands in the South Taranaki Bight using a subsea sediment extraction device called a Crawler.
Apr 17 2018 Iron sand mining could threaten whales and dolphins in the waters off South Taranaki the Wellington High Court heard today. The evidence was presented as
Sep 23 2019 Ngti Ruanui iwi is continuing their fight to save Ptea from potential mining exploitation as iron-sand giant Trans-Tasman Resources TTR enters the Court of Appeal tomorrow. In August 2018 Ngti Ruanui led the charge alongside 11 other appellants in the five-year battle in the High Court in Wellington to ensure the Ptea coastline South Taranaki Bight iron-sands would not be mined by TTR.
The well known black sand beaches sweeping down the west coast of the North Island are the sites of New Zealands greatest known reserves of ironsand. Its potential for commercial use was recognised from the early days of European settlement. This black ironsand was formed 2.5 million years ago from rock deposited on the coast by volcanic activity in the Taranaki region.
Mar 14 2014 The company is seeking consent from the Environmental Protection Authority to mine an area of exclusive economic zone seabed in the South Taranaki Bight for iron-rich sand
Seabed Mining Projects. We will extract iron sand from 5km2 of this initial project area each year - just 03 per cent of the resulting in a featureless seabed much like Taranakis black beach Ore is not transported over land and the process does not generate any.
Oct 16 2018 South Taranaki iwi are united in their opposition to the iron-sand mining proposed offshore from Patea.
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