The Mt William North Mining Project is a proposed coal mine planned for the West Coast Region of New Zealand.
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Solid Energy, the state-owned mining company, applied for resource consents in February 2012 to mine an area near the existing Stockton Mine. Preparation costs are expected to be $30-40 million to mine five million tonnes of coking coal.[1]
The area covered by the resource consent is approximately 294 ha and is adjacent to the proposed Cypress Mine. It lies about 25 km to the north-east of Westport.[2]
Forest and Bird, New Zealand's largest environmental organisation, say it will treat the resource consent application in a different manner to Bathhurst Resources proposed Escarpment Mine Project to the south.[3] Forest and Bird, as well as other organisations, oppose the Escarpment Mine Project because of the high ecological value on the site of the proposed mine.
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edit- ^ Wood, Alan (10 February 2012). "Solid Energy plans opencast site". Fairfax NZ. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ "Mt William North Mining Project: Application for Resource Consents And Assessment of Environmental Effects" (PDF). Solid Energy. December 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
- ^ Smellie, Pattrick (9 February 2012). "Solid Energy seeks consent for 5M tonne Stockton coal mine". Yahoo! New Zealand Finance. Retrieved 12 February 2012.