Seabed Mining
Mining companies want to rip up our seabed. We will stand against them at every step.
Mining companies claim they can predict and manage the impacts, but scientists disagree - the risks to our ocean ecosystems are too great.
Seabed Mining
Seabed mining involves digging up the seabed, extracting the minerals - usually on board a ship - and then dumping the majority of the waste back onto the seabed. This leaves sediment hanging in the water column and creates "dead zones" on the seafloor.
The seabed mining operations proposed in NZ would be unprecedented - they're untested and the focus of KASM's work. We won't let our ocean become an experimental industrial zone.
Two other forms of mining threaten our oceans :
Deep Sea Mining (DSM)
(DSM) strips minerals from the deep ocean floor, kilometers beneath the surface. This threatens parts of the Pacific Ocean where some of our marine life, including whales and seabirds, travel during migration. Because our oceans are connected, the impacts of DSM could effect us all.
Sand Mining
Sand mining occurs at a few sites around Aoteroa, where sand is dredged from shallow waters for beaches and construction.
While sand mining damages the marine environment, it's a very different process from seabed mining, as it removes all material from the site.
Coastal communities are opposing sand mining at Pakiri Beach and Bream Bay. You can join their stand here:
