Cypress Mine

Cypress Mine

The Cypress mine is a proposed extension to the open cast coal mine the Stockton Mine’s operational area, to the east into the Upper Waimangaroa Mining Permit area, on the West Coast of New Zealand.[1]

In 2005, Solid Energy, a state owned enterprise owned by the New Zealand government, was granted resource consent for the mine after an unsuccessful appeal to the Environment Court.[2]

Save Happy Valley Coalition (SHVC), an environmental organisation, opposed the mine and occupied land adjacent to the proposed mine site for two years. SHVC say that the mine will cause acid mine drainage, destruction of habitat of endangered species and result in 12 to 14 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.

Solid Energy's Environmental Report 2007 stated that the mine is planned to start in 2008.[3] Solid Energy has stated that the mine will be developed in 2010 and that the first coal is expected to be taken in late 2011.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stockton Mine Cypress Extension". Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd. http://www.coalnz.com/index.cfm/1,152,0,49,html/Proposed-Mines. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 
  2. ^ "Solid Energy welcomes consent green light for Cypress coal mine". Crown Minerals, Ministry of Economic Development. 2005-06-03. http://www.crownminerals.govt.nz/cms/news/2005/news_item.2007-04-30.3689869498. Retrieved 2010-09-18. 
  3. ^ Solid Energy - Environment Report 2007

Coordinates: 41°42′05″S 171°53′19″E / 41.7015°S 171.8885°E / -41.7015; 171.8885

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