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Seabed mining in Taranaki Expert Reaction Science
· Seabed mining in Taranaki Expert Reaction Expert Reactions Published 11 August 2017 14 August 2017 On Thursday the Environmental Protection Authority released its decision to allow Trans Tasman Resources Limited TTRL to mine iron ore sand offshore in the Taranaki bight
South Taranaki Bight iron sand prospect South Taranaki
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 and or magnetite derived from
The TTR iron sand mining decision report 10 points
Aug 11 2017 · READ MORE Controversial plan to mine seabed for iron ore approved in split decision Hearing opens on massive taranaki iron sands mining project Iwi criticises lack of notice by EPA of iron sand mining application hui Trans Tasman Resources reapply to mine iron ore in South Taranaki South Taranaki iwi call for more transparency in seabed mining application
Controversial plan to mine seabed for iron Stuff co nz
· A mining company should be allowed to dredge 50 million tonnes of iron sand a year from the South Taranaki Bight the Environmental Protection Authority says
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· Independent MP Brendan Horan welcomes the start of hearings where thousands of ordinary Kiwis get to voice their opposition to strip mining the seabed for ironsand Trans Tasman Resources is 98 foreign owned and is seeking to mine iron sands from the ocean off Taranaki
A company prevented from mining millions Taranaki
A company prevented from mining millions of tonnes of iron sand off Taranaki will appeal to the Supreme Court
Earlier this year Taranaki iwi and Equal Justice
Earlier this year Taranaki iwi and environmental groups celebrated a hard earned victory in the Court of Appeal against iron sand mining off their shores Grace Goodwin traces the procedural history
Iron mine company appeals High Court decision RNZ News
Sep 22 2018 · Black iron sand of Taranaki s Ahu Ahu Beach Photo PHOTO NZ Trans Tasman Resources TTR was granted permission to mine by the Environmental Protection Authority EPA in August last year but it was revoked last month by the High Court
Controversial plan to mine seabed for iron ore approved in
Aug 10 2017 · A mining company should be allowed to dredge 50 million tonnes of iron sand a year from the South Taranaki Bight the Environmental Protection Authority says
South Taranaki Bight iron sand mining proposal Assessment
2 TTR iron sand mining assessment of potential impacts on commercial fishing 5 July 2013 Executive Summary 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
Iron sands mining hearing a quick glance at the concerns
The mining would be done by remote controlled 12m long 350 tonne crawler machines travelling along the seafloor pumping sand to a processing ship above Once iron ore particles were separated
Minerals Environment Guide
Sand comes from other sources such as shell based sands Iron sand is found along the west coast of the North Island between Kaipara Harbour and Whanganui New Zealand Steel mines up to 1 2 million tonnes of sand each year from the north head at Port Waikato 3413 Iron sand is also found offshore in the northern and southern Taranaki bights
Date set for South Taranaki Bight iron sand mining battle
There are also companies that want to mine iron sand off New Plymouth and Waihi Beach and TTR has permits to explore iron sand mining in a bigger area of the South Taranaki Bight with some of it
South Taranaki Bight seabed iron sand extraction and
Trans Tasman Resources Limited TTR holds a mining permit to undertake iron ore extraction in the South Taranaki Bight In October 2013 TTR applied for marine consent under the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Environmental Effects Act 2012 to undertake iron ore extraction in a 66 km2 area in the South Taranaki Bight
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· Iwi will appeal ironsand mining off Taranaki coast Iwi criticises lack of notice by EPA of iron sand mining application hui Trans Tasman Resources reapply to mine iron ore in South Taranaki
Iwi oppose Taranaki seabed mining exploration RNZ News
· There is no evidence the Environmental Protection Authority lacked information when it approved mining off the south Taranaki coast the High Court has been told Company defends EPA decision in iron sands appeal Seabed mining consent challenged in court 17 Apr 2018
Inside South Taranaki s controversial ironsand mining project
Sep 23 2013 · TTR who have applied for a 20 year mining permit estimates that five million tonnes of iron ore can be mined per year in South Taranaki At the approximate price of US 137 per tonne of iron ore this would amount to a gross profit of 685m per annum not
Some submissions support iron sand mining NZ Herald
Mining South Taranaki s iron sand would add 1 1 billion a year to the value of goods and services produced in New Zealand a submission to the seabed mining hearings says
Hawera iron sand South Taranaki District Taranaki Region
· The South Taranaki Bight has reported JORC iron sand mineral resources of 1 698Mt at 11 16 Fe2O3 for the Mine Area and adjacent Kupe Blocks at
Mining company seeks to overturn Pātea iron sand decision
· In August 2018 Ngāti Ruanui led the charge alongside 11 other appellants in the five year battle in the High Court in Wellington to ensure the Pātea coastline South Taranaki Bight iron sands would not be mined by TTR The High Court upheld their claim rejecting TTR s application for mining
KASM Kiwis against Seabed Mining
Date set for South Taranaki Bight iron sand mining battle to head to Court of Appeal A date has been set for the next chapter in the long running battle for consent to mine iron sand from the South Taranaki seabed It will be heard in the Court of Appeal in September In August 2017 the Environmental Protection Authority
Iron sand miner to fast track South Taranaki mining plans
Jan 26 2018 · Much of the iron sand mined off the South Taranaki coast would be sent to China which imported more than 1 billion tonnes of iron ore in 2016 for steel making The EPA was split on the controversial seabed mining application lodged by TTR with two members of its four person decision making committee issuing a strongly dissenting opinion
Company defends Taranaki seabed iron sand mining decision
Apr 18 2018 · Ngāti Ruanui members show their opposition to iron sand mining off the South Taranaki coast File photo On Wednesday it was the turn of Trans Tasman Resources lawyer Justin Smith QC
Taranaki seabed iron sand mining decision reserved Stuff
· Iwi will appeal iron sand mining off Taranaki coast Iron sand miner wants to fast track plans The Environmental Protection Authority had appointed a
South Taranaki Bight iron sand prospect South Taranaki
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 and or magnetite derived from
South Taranaki Bight Iron Sand Mining Oceanographic
South Taranaki Bight Iron Sand Mining Oceanographic measurements data report 7 Executive summary As part of wide ranging biogeophysical studies NIWA was commissioned by Trans Tasman Resources Ltd TTR to undertake a field programme to measure currents waves and sediment transport in the South Taranaki Bight STB
Māori oppose Taranaki sand mining RNZ News
Jan 31 2017 · Mining company Trans Tasman Resources Ltd TTRL had its first application rejected by the Environmental Protection Authority EPA but filed a second application in August last year The company has proposed digging up iron sand from the seabed in the South Taranaki Bight extracting the iron and then returning the sand to the seabed
Trans Tasman Resources Limited South Taranaki Offshore
miles offshore in the South Taranaki Bight Figure 1 1 2 The TTR Iron Sand Mining and Processing Project the Project involves the excavation of up to 18 million cubic metres per year up to 50 million tonnes of seabed material containing iron sand for processing on a Floating Processing Storage and Offloading Vessel FPSO
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Taranaki iron sand seabed mining consent reduced Mori Iwi will appeal ironsand mining off Taranaki coast Iron sand miner wants to fast track plans Cooke said the majority decision of the committee had reduced to an quot interpretive glossquot the stronglyworded direction to take into account the interests of Mori and give
Activist Athol Steward s 20km ocean swim in protest RNZ
Mar 30 2019 · Iwi and environmental groups are to appeal a bid to take millions of tonnes of iron sand from the seabed off South Taranaki Appeals lodged against iron sands mining plan Environmental Protection Authority approves Trans Tasman Resources application to mine iron sand off South Taranaki
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Some submissions support iron sand mining NZ Herald
Mining South Taranaki s iron sand would add 1 1 billion a year to the value of goods and services produced in New Zealand a submission to the seabed mining hearings says
Mining company seeks to overturn Pātea iron sand decision
Sep 23 2019 · In August 2018 Ngāti Ruanui led the charge alongside 11 other appellants in the five year battle in the High Court in Wellington to ensure the Pātea coastline South Taranaki Bight iron sands would not be mined by TTR The High Court upheld their claim rejecting TTR s application for mining
DATE SET FOR SOUTH TARANAKI BIGHT IRON SAND MINING
There are also companies that want to mine iron sand off New Plymouth and Waihi Beach and TTR has permits to explore iron sand mining in a bigger area of the South Taranaki Bight with some of it closer to the coast Its website says it has spent more than 65 million on the mining project so far
Ironsand KASM Kiwis against Seabed Mining
As well as being present on the shoreline sand dunes and coastal hinterland there is an even greater amount in the seabed 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
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Taranaki iron sand seabed mining consent reduced Mori Iwi will appeal ironsand mining off Taranaki coast Iron sand miner wants to fast track plans Cooke said the majority decision of the committee had reduced to an quot interpretive glossquot the stronglyworded direction to take into account the interests of Mori and give
South Taranaki Bight Trans Tasman Resources
The South Taranaki Bight Project proposes to excavate up to 50 million tonnes of sand each year separating iron ore from the sediment and returning 90 per cent of the sand to the sea bed in a controlled manner The project area is off the coast of Kakaramea and Manutahi in
South Taranaki Bight STB iron sands mining project
sustainable extraction of iron bearing sand from the sea floor in the EEZ region of the STB 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
Maori Papua New Guinea Mine Watch
In August the authority s committee granted Trans Tasman Resources 35 year marine and discharge consents to annually mine up to 50 million tonnes of iron sand in the South Taranaki Bight A remote controlled dredge will vacuum sand from the sea bed between depths of 20 metres and 42m at a rate of 8000 tonnes an hour to a processing ship
Iron Sands Trans Tasman Resources
Ancient volcanic activity across West Taranaki and the Taupo Volcanic Zone created rich resources of iron sand Over the centuries it was carried far along our coasts by rivers and ocean tides depositing vast swathes above and below the shoreline Iron sand has been mined in New Zealand since 1850
Seabed Mining 2016 – New Zealand Sports Fishing Council
Nov 14 2016 · TTR application Seabed mining Taranaki 23 August 2016 Trans Tasman Resources Ltd application to mine the seabed off Patea for iron sand TTR plan to extract a maximum of 50 million tonnes of the seabed each year for a period of 35 years in depths ranging from 19 to 42 metres
Regional council included in iron sand mining review
· An independent review group will be set up to monitor the environmental effects of iron sand mining off the coast of Taranaki Earlier this month Trans Tasman Resources was granted a mining permit by the Environmental Protection Authority to mine 50 million tonnes of iron sand each year for 35 years up to 36 kilometres off the coastline in the South Taranaki Bight
The History of Ironsand New Zealand Steel
Major investment in the 1980s saw the commissioning of continuous slab casting facilities and both Hot and Cold Strip mills By 1987 New Zealand Steel was operating as a fully integrated steelworks producing flat steel products made solely from New Zealand Steel feed stock