Modern mining’s track record, including on conservation land, is excellent, as it should be. Modern mining rehabilitation is world class.
Modern mining’s track record, including on conservation land, is excellent, as it should be.
Modern mining is conducted responsibly and there are many examples of world-class rehabilitation in New Zealand.
Mining companies must earn, and retain, their social licence to operate. Rehabilitation is integral to any mine plan, and a positive legacy, is the best ticket that a mining company has, to be granted community and regulatory consent for their next investment.
The 8 arguments against the ban (click each argument to see more detail).
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Existing world class environmental safeguards mean a ban is not necessary
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Minerals are essential to the way we live and a crucial part of the low carbon economy
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Modern mining’s track record, including on conservation land, is excellent, as it should be
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Mining creates well- paid jobs and is particularly important in for regional economies
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Banning mining on conservation land is a very blunt instrument to curb emissions