TTR stalled over legal interpretation of compliance monitoring
Last month Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) was reviewing its Queen’s Counsel’s detailed assessment of the High Court ruling in late August over its mining plans off...
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Last hurdle for seabed saga
Trans-Tasman Resources has a final legal hurdle to clear before developing this country’s first offshore seabed mining project – and that is gaining court clearance....
Access to under sea mineral wealth
Trans-Tasman Resources chairman Alan Eggers says Environmental Protection Agency approval of the marine and discharge consents necessary for the company to recover and export iron...
Second time lucky, says TTR
This article first appeared in Q&M‘s April-May issue. After hearings in Wellington and New Plymouth, Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) is confident that its second attempt at...
Seabed mining round two heats up
This article first appeared in Q&M‘s December-January issue. Trans-Tasman Resources continues with its plans to mine iron sands from the waters off South Taranaki in...
Jacqueline Rowarth Tough stance for a tough job
Smarting from the negative reaction to its seafloor mining decisions, the EPA has hired an expert in explaining science to the masses. Hugh de Lacy...
CRP ready to have another go
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...