South Taranaki Bight Iron Sand Mining Project
Effects) Act 2012 (EEZ Act) to undertake iron ore extraction and processing operations in an area covering 35. 65 square kilometres (km2) located between 22 and 36 km (12-19 nautical miles) offshore in the South Taranaki Bight (Figure 1). 1.2 The TTR Iron Sand Mining and Processing Project (the Project), involves the excavation of up