Trans-Tasman Resources says majority of appeal 'not questions of law'

Trans-Tasman Resources says majority of appeal 'not questions of law'
Paul McBeth
By Rebecca Howard April 18 (BusinessDesk) - Trans-Tasman Resources is defending the Environmental Protection Authority-appointed committee’s decision to grant a marine consent for its offshore iron mining project in a hearing underway in Wellington this week. The company sought permission to extract 50 million tonnes of seabed material a year to export up to 5 million tonnes of iron sand per year from the ocean floor in the South Taranaki Bight, generating an annual $400 million in export revenue. Consent was granted last August, under a...