To source iron sand from South Taranaki Bight TTR envisages deploying seabed dredges that pump a slurry of sediment and seawater to their offshore beneficiation The proposed mining operation involves two activities that may result in the release of contaminants into the water column of South Taranaki Bight
Special Report Manuka Resources is a major step closer to having the final approvals for the world class Taranaki vanadium titanomagnetite iron sand resource Through its wholly owned subsidiary Trans Tasman Resources Limited TTR Manuka Resources ASX MKR has received a pivotal invitation from the New Zealand Government to prepare an
Trans Tasman Resources Limited Mineral Resource Estimation Statement South Taranaki Bight Offshore Iron Sand Project July 2015 Revision 18 January 2018 • The deposit is interpreted as being a blanket of sand overlying deeper geomorphologic features identified by geophysical surveys The sands have been reworked by wave current
The South Taranaki Bight STB iron sands project located 22km to 36km offshore from Patea The Company also has a granted Prospecting Permit covering potential high grade >10%HM heavy mineral sand deposits offshore the West Coast of the South Island containing iron ilmenite zircon rutile garnet and gold similar to the onshore Barrytown deposit
• The Project has already secured a 5mtpa mining licence MP55581 with an initial 20 year mine life proposed with a bankable feasibility study BFS already The Taranaki VTM iron sand project has a total reported combined Indicated and Inferred mineral resource of 3 157Mt % Fe 2O 3 % TiO 2 and % V 2O
4 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
Protests are expected from iwi and others opposed to a controversial plan to mine the seabed off South Taranaki as a public hearing begins in Hāwera tomorrow TTRL to mine iron sands off the south coast of Taranaki For a decade TTRL has tried to win the required consents to extract up to 50 million tonnes of sand each year from the
An application to mine South Taranaki s iron sands has been granted despite acknowledgement there could be "100 per cent loss" of marine life on the sea floor
Manuka Resources ASX MKR low cost South Taranaki Bight Project is anticipated to be in the bottom quartile of carbon dioxide emitters globally once the offshore iron sands project reaches production In a time where the world is pushing towards net zero carbon emissions and decarbonisation Manuka Resources South Taranaki project has the potential
HMS mining operations require strip mining of coastal areas with economically exploitable concentrations Beaches dunes and sand bars provide many important ecosystem services such as food provisions aesthetic and recreational services being habitats for intrinsic biodiversity and providing protection against coastal flooding Hanley et al 2014
Sand mining sites of significance in New Zealand include the Kaipara Harbour primarily for construction sand and Pakiri Beach for concrete and the replenishment of Auckland s beaches These operations have been traditionally carried out in shallow depths up to 25 metres by suction dredges pumping sand onto barges
A plan to mine millions of tonnes of iron sand off the coast of South Taranaki has been quashed by the country s highest court Trans Tasman Resources was given approval to extract up to 50 million tonnes of seabed from the South Taranaki Bight each year by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2017
8 Optical effects of an iron‐sand mining sediment plume in the South Taranaki ight region 1 Introduction TTR iron sand mining proposal Trans Tasman Resources Ltd TTR propose to mine iron sands within the South Taranaki Bight STB region These activities will release sediment into the water column The probable spatial
Government s push to fast track projects in NZ stirs fears deep sea mining off Taranaki long opposed by the community could go ahead TTR lays out its mining method Iron sands will be extracted through a device referred to as a crawler a 12m 350 tonne 8x8m machine that pumps sand up a pipe into a processing vessel to
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 Credit Gonzalo Baeza/Wikimedia Commons CC BY The decision making committee was split 2 2 with chairman Alick Shaw making the casting vote to approve the application
Trans Tasman Resources TTR is set to mine iron sands from the seabed of the South Taranaki Bight STB in New Zealand following approval from the Environmental Protection Authority EPA The approval was granted by the EPA s decision making committee DMC and will allow the company to recover resources from the country s exclusive
Māori interests were not properly considered in the decision to allow iron sand seabed mining off Taranaki a court has been told They went to the High Court at Wellington on Monday seeking to
During the 1850s and 1860s the provincial government was keen to encourage development of the industry offering lucrative rewards for any company that could produce good quality iron manufactured from the ironsand Two companies were formed bearing the grandiose names of Taranaki Iron Sand Company and the Taranaki Iron and Steel Company
Clough & Associates Ltd Page 1 Taranaki TTR Iron Sands Mining Proposal I NTRODUCTION Purpose Trans Tasman Resources Ltd TTR have selected a location for iron sand extraction in the South Taranaki Figure 1 The proposed Bight seabed excavation operations will be based around a detailed Mine Plan Seabed
An application to mine South Taranaki s iron sands has been granted despite acknowledgement there could be "100 per cent loss" of marine life on the sea floor
Iwi will appeal iron sand mining off Taranaki coast Iron sand miner wants to fast track plans The Environmental Protection Authority had appointed a four person decision making committee
Map showing the location of the proposed iron sand mining area in South Taranaki Bight North Island New Zealand To assess the potential of their mining operation for causing adverse effects TTR contracted Auckland University of Technology A UT to conduct a series of laboratory
SOUTH TARANAKI BIGHT OFFSHORE IRON SAND EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING PROJECT IMPACT ASSESSMENT August 2016 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Iron Sand Resource 13 Project Overview 13 Introduction 13 Median near surface concentration of suspended sediment from mining 50 Mt/a at source Location A Background