New Zealand supreme court blocks seabed mining consent

Campaigners hail ruling preventing TTR dredging 50m tonnes of iron-sands from South Taranaki seabed, though mining firm says it will try againMore in this serieso Race to the bottom: the disastrous, blindfolded rush to mine the deep seao 'False choice' - is deep sea mining required for an electric vehicle revolution?o Covid tests and superbug killers: how the deep sea is key to fighting pandemicsA New Zealand offshore mining company has lost its supreme court bid to overturn a decision preventing it from mining millions of tonnes of iron-sand off the coast of South Taranaki, on New Zealand's North Island.Thursday's unanimous ruling by New Zealand's supreme court, which upheld previous high court and appeal court decisions revoking Trans-Tasman Resources' (TTR) permission to mine, was welcomed by environmentalists and the mining company, albeit from opposing perspectives. Continue reading...