Minerals are essential to modern life and New Zealand is well placed to produce them in terms of geological resources and in managing impacts on people and the environment.

Demand for minerals – coal for steel, coal for energy, gold, aggregates, limestone, vanadium, ironsand, base metals, lithium . . . is driven by the standard of living we have in developed countries, and is demanded in developing countries.

Minerals are essential to modern life and New Zealand is well placed to produce them in terms of geological resources and in managing impacts on people and the environment. Demand for minerals…