Chatham Rock Phosphate

NZ Decision on Seabed Mining should set a Standard for Pacific Countries

On 25 Feb, 2015 By Elizabeth1

Source: EMTV

Following the denial of the second sea bed mining proposal in New Zealand by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this month, the mining industry has called on the government to reconsider, rather ‘soften’ their new legislation on the matter.

NZ: Plenty of scientific concerns about seabed mining application

On 16 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Chatham Rise seabed hearing: the absence of evidence

Source: Scoop NZ

The phosphate on the seabed, 450m down on the Chatham Rise, has a particular quality that other phosphate doesn’t have: uranium.

The toxicity of this uranium was the focus of yesterday’s seabed mining hearing, and the evidence from a range of experts hasn’t filled us with confidence.

Protected Corals could be wiped out by deep sea mining in NZ

On 01 Oct, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG MIne Watch

Mining phosphate from the seabed of the Chatham Rise would remove a protected coral species crucial to the local ecosystem, an Environmental Protection Agency hearing into a seabed mining proposal was told this morning.

NZ: Environment agency opposes second seabed mining application

On 19 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The National Business Review

The Environmental Protection Authority says it cannot recommend in favour of a proposal to mine phosphate nodules from the seabed on the Chatham Rise, saying there are too many uncertainties about the environmental impacts of Chatham Rock Phosphate's plans on an important fishery.

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