The international and local demand for mined rock phosphate is high. Chatham Rock Phosphate (CRP) is not giving up on its ambitions to get a Kiwi operation going and now could be assisted by South Island tribes.
There is a vast field of recoverable rock phosphate under the sea between mainland New Zealand and the Chatham Islands....
THE IMPACT OF commercial-scale mining for polymetallic nodules on deep-sea ecosystems remains a big question amongst scientists.
Historically, the first commercial deep-sea test mining was carried out almost 50 years ago, and only a few small-scale commercial test mining or scientific disturbance studies have been carried out...
Already planning to mine phosphate deposits on the Chatham Rise, Chatham Rock Phosphate has also identified lucrative rare earth minerals on the Chatham Rise seafloor, and is studying a commercial procedure for separating them from the sand in which they are embedded. By PETER OWENS.
ON CURRENT MARKET values, the rare earth minerals...
Potential seabed mining in this country has come at a critical time. BY PETER OWENS.
THE FARMING INDUSTRY has been the backbone of this country for a very long time.
In the 19th century big stations around the country, which had farmed sheep for wool, were broken up, the small farmer came into his own, and just about every district...
Chatham Rock Phosphate (CRP) is determined to mine phosphate from the ocean floor and is seeking fresh capital to file another application for consent to mine the Chatham Rise.
The company’s first attempt last year was knocked back by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). For the marine consent re-submission, CRP has taken a...
