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Deadlocked: economics versus the environment at New ...

TTR's project alone has a JORC reported resource of 3.2 billion tonnes of vanadium rich titanomagnetite ore reserves, across an area covering no more than 36km 2 in the South Taranaki Bight, off the south-east coast of New Zealand's North Island. 'The mineral recovery operation has the potential to deliver significant regional and ...

6. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AREA

Since 2005, there has been significant interest in offshore prospecting permits in New Zealand. In addition to TTR, other mining companies that have also initiated exploration programmes include Rio Tinto/Iron Ore New Zealand, Sinosteel Australia, FMG Pacific, Iron sands Offshore Mining, and Sericho Developments.

Table companies with an interest in deep seabed mining

Neptune Minerals Neptune Minerals, Inc. focuses its exploration on seafloor massive sulphide deposits at non-active vent sites. The company has tenements totalling 175,000 km² in Japan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand. US but has subsidiaries in UK and Hong Kong NIOZ NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea

Exploration and Resource Definition of Offshore Titano ...

TTR holds exploration permit(s) and a prospecting license granting exclusive mineral rights over 9633 km2 of seabed, within New Zealand's territorial and …

What is seabed mining and why does ... - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Seabed mining is a method of extracting metals and minerals from the seafloor. It's used to describe both deep sea, and shallower mining techniques, although the former tends to be referred to as Deep Sea Mining (DSM). Seabed mining is similar to techniques that have been used for extracting sand to make concrete or to replenish public beaches.

The ocean floor is too precious to mine - Greenpeace Aotearoa

The ocean floor is too precious to mine. James Hita. 17 June 2021. Imagine a blanket of darkness swallowing your surroundings, as sand and sediment rain from the sky. Imagine the trees being consumed, small plants and animals becoming dark with the world around you. We recoil at visions of this on land, but this is the reality for the sea floor ...

Manhattan in merger deal with New Zealand's Trans-Tasman

ASX-listed Manhattan Corporation has entered into a binding merger implementation agreement for the acquisition of unlisted New Zealand limited company Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR). Manhattan will ...

DECEMBER QUARTER 2017 HIGHLIGHTS

New Zealand iron sand development company, Trans-Tasman Resources Limited (TTR) by means of a ... • TTR has delineated a JORC (2012) Inferred and Indicated mineral resource for the STB iron sands project Mining Areas of 1,043Mt @ 11.28% Fe 2O 3 using a 3.5% DTR cut-off grade ..., or permit mineral exploration in A Class reserves,

Kiwis protest against seabed mining - MINING.COM

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 a 3.5% Davis Tube Recovery cutoff and a further 2 ...

Groups Against Seabed Mining Will ... - The Daily Blog

"TTR, meanwhile, has been given consent to mine iron sands from the ocean floor in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone in the South Taranaki Bight. The project aims to extract 50 million tonnes of seabed material a year to export up to 5 million tonnes of iron sand per year and is expected to generate an annual $400 million in export revenue.

Waikato Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand - Red Flag Magazine

In March, April and May of 2014, the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) held a number of public hearings throughout the North Island. Trans-Tasman Resources Ltd. (TTR), an Australian mining company, plans to commence the largest seabed mining operation in the world off the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The […]

Minerals Permit Webmaps - New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals

NZP&M provides online maps using real-time data to show all current minerals permits and applications in New Zealand. Crown Minerals Amendment Act On 2 December 2021 some provisions under the Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Act came into force.

A lack of 'scientific credibility' to ... - New Zealand

TTR's 3.2 billion tonne vanadium rich titanomagnetite deposit is located in New Zealand's EEZ, 22km to 36km offshore in the South Taranaki Bight and is a tier one world-class ore deposit and ...

The Application of the Precautionary and Adaptive ...

The applicant, Trans-Tasman Resources Limited (TTR), a New Zealand company, sought a marine consent under the EEZ Act in order to carry out activities that are restricted under section 20 of the EEZ Act. More specifically, TTR sought consent to extract iron sands containing iron ore from the seabed of the continental shelf and

A Lack Of 'scientific Credibility' To Opposition To Seabed ...

New Zealand has one of the largest EEZs in the world – 14 times the size of New Zealand's land area. It is known to host valuable deposits of iron, vanadium and titanium minerals and metals that are essential and fundamental to the development of large-scale batteries, solar and wind power infrastructure and electrification of the economy required to transition to a low-carbon …

Ocean-Loving Kiwis "Scare Off" Approaching Seabed Miners ...

But McCabe and his fellow KASM members are well versed in playing the long game. The TTR proposal is just one in a string of mining applications that activists have successfully passed off since mining companies began applying for exploration permits in Aotearoa New Zealand waters in 2004.

SEABED MINING NEWS — RSC Geological Consultants

This is a NEW feature of RSC Mineral Intelligence that displays global reports published since April 2017 relating to transactions of mineral exploration, resource development, and mining properties, including property acquisitions, company acquisitions and …

PROJECTS | TransTasmanResources

South Taranaki Bight. Our initial project area is a 65.76km2 area of the South Taranaki Bight. We have a Mining Permit that grants us exclusive mineral rights for this area and have reapplied for marine resource consent to extract iron sand from the seabed. We will extract iron sand from 5km2 of this initial project area each year - just 0.3 ...

Mining company seeks to overturn Pātea iron-sand decision ...

Ngāti Ruanui iwi is continuing their fight to save Pātea from potential mining exploitation as iron-sand giant Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) enters the Court of Appeal tomorrow. 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 ...

Rejection of underwater mining proposal could cost New Zealand

Rejection of underwater mining proposal could cost New Zealand. Industry leaders in New Zealand opined that the rejection of Trans-Tasman Resources' application for a $70m underwater iron sand mining project has deprived …

Mining Seabed Iron Sands: What would Pope Francis do ...

TTR hopes to have a mining permit by the end of 2014, and plans to dredge and ship iron sand to China for making steel. In November last year, the company estimated the revenue from the project at $1 billion, with 80 percent of it staying in New Zealand. By April 2013, the revenue remaining in New Zealand had

Offshore ore worth $150m a year, says miner - NZ Herald

TTR has spent around $50 million in seven years of investigation on the project, most of which was spent in New Zealand both proving up the resource and examining potential environmental impacts.

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2 TTR use Golder Associates and Resource Evaluation Services to undertake the mineral resource estimation. 3 Iron sand in continental shelf sediments off western New Zealand –a synopsis. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 23:4 455 – 468.

Experts see no way back for NZ firm blocked from trying to ...

TTR's application proposed to extract 50 million tons of iron-rich sand from a 66 -square -kilometer (23-square-mile) area of the seabed each year over a period of 35 years. But it would take just take 5 million tons of iron-ore each year and dump the remaining 45 million tons of sand back into the ocean.

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TTR is a New Zealand limited company that was established in 2007 with the principal objective of exploring and developing the North Island's offshore titanomagnetite iron sand deposits. TTR's most advanced project is its South Taranaki Bight (STB) iron sands project located 22km to 36km offshore from Patea in Taranaki.

6. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AREA

Figure 36: Map of active minerals permits for the North Island of New Zealand Source: NZPM website, Aug 2013. The dashed blue line is the 12 NM limit. (Data and image modified from NZPM permits portal). TTR's mining permit application relates only to sub-area 55581 within 50753.

Exploration and Resource Definition of Offshore Titano ...

Trans-Tasman Resources Limited (TTR) was established in September 2007 in New Zealand to explore, assess and develop the off shore titano-magnetite iron sand deposits, located off the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

Vision and Strategy - sanofex.com

Major players in the field include New Zealand Steel, Kenmare, RioTinto and Iluka. Trans Tasman Resources ('TTR') intends to supply 4 million Mtpa of 56% Fe concentrate from an entirely offshore operation following a $50 M program which is in continuity with offshore territory (the tenement) held by IOM.

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.

2.1.4. Iron sands update - United Nations

2.1.4. Iron sands update Iron sand is a sand containing grains of iron oxides (usually magnetite), typically found along coastal areas; the sand is mined for the iron to be used in the steel industry.

Trans-Tasman Resources to go public in ... - Sharechat

TTR, meanwhile, has been given consent to mine iron sands from the ocean floor in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone in the South Taranaki Bight. The project aims to extract 50 million tonnes of seabed material a year to export up to 5 million tonnes of iron sand per year and is expected to generate an annual $400 million in export revenue.

Ironsand | KASM | Kiwis against Seabed Mining

This has been described as New Zealand's biggest mineral resource. It's potential extent is difficult to quantify, as concentrations vary and insufficient research has been made public from across the extent of this sea area. As a reference, TTR have indicated a resource of 4 billion tonnes of concentrate in their various permitted areas.

Australian company plans TTR takeover - NZResources.com

A languishing Australian uranium explorer plans a new lease of life by taking over unlisted New Zealand iron sands company Trans-Tasman Resources Ltd (TTR). Subject to approval by its shareholders, Perth-based Manhattan Corporation Ltd (ASX: MHC) plans an amalgamation with TTR through the issue of 706 million Manhattan shares and 706 M ...

Deadlocked: economics versus the ... - Mining Technology

Trans-Tasman Resources has been involved in a protracted legal battle over a proposed sand mining project off the New Zealand coast, which would see 50 million tonnes of sediment lifted and processed a year to mine for iron ore beneath the waves. With the case deadlocked, we consider the causes and consequences of the dispute. By JP Casey

The future of sand mining in NZ - Stuff.co.nz | New Zealand

The closest thing is a voluntary survey of quarries by New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals, which puts the combined amount of sand, rock and gravel produced by quarries, at around 30 million tonnes ...