Trans-Tasman Resources appeals iron sands ruling

Trans-Tasman Resources appeals iron sands ruling
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Dec. 27 (BusinessDesk) - Trans-Tasman Resources has been granted leave to appeal a High Court decision quashing its consent to mine iron sands off the Taranaki coast.  The Court of Appeal decided to hear arguments from both the would-be iron sands miner and the environmental and fishing groups that oppose the proposed project.  The 35-year consent for the project to extract 50 million tonnes of seabed material a year was granted in August 2017 on the casting vote of the chair of a decision-making committee appointed by t...