Industry Update: Straterra - Discussion on seabed mining welcomed

Straterra welcomes Environment Minister David Parker’s announcement that he has asked Parliament’s Environment Select Committee to conduct an inquiry into seabed mining.

“It is good to see that Minister Parker’s Government will not support a member’s bill from Debbie Ngarewa-Packer banning seabed mining without looking at all the facts and evidence first,” says Straterra chief executive Josie Vidal.

“We are ready and willing for the conversation about the role that minerals recovered by seabed mining could play in New Zealand’s transition to a decarbonised economy,” Vidal says.

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