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The NZ Herald have published an opinion piece by MWC manager Patrick Phelps. The article is a reply to Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick’s recent article on visiting the West Coast. …

The Press and Stuff have published an opinion piece by MWC manager Patrick Phelps. In the article Patrick argues for the need for mining to cross the political divide and …

A recent 1News Verian poll indicates the level of public support for more mining.

Minerals West Coast Manager Patrick Phelps was invited to speak the 2024 Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) conference.

Minerals West Coast manager Patrick Phelps spoke with NewsTalk ZB’s Mornings host Kerre Woodham about the lifting of the oil and gas exploration ban, and the recent protests against the …

Minerals West Coast manager Patrick Phelps has made an oral submission to parliament’s Environmental Select Committee on the Fast Track Approvals Bill. The video of the submission can be viewed …

Minerals West Coast manager Patrick Phelps spoke with NewsTalk ZB’s drive host Heather DuPlessis-Allen about the government’s plan to cut barriers to mining. Full audio here: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/patrick-phelps-minerals-west-coast-manager-on-minister-shane-jones-plan-to-cut-mining-barriers

The New Zealand Herald published an opinion piece by Minerals West Coast manager, Patrick Phelps. The article, entitled ‘Is Mining The Reason Australia Is Richer than New Zealand?’, is available …

RNZ recently reported that in six months the United Kingdom’s last coal fired power plant will close – while in New Zealand, an end date for coal-fired electricity is not …

The 33 years since the Resource Management Act passed into law have correlated with suppressed growth of renewables and diminishing domestic fossil fuel production – this isn’t to say there …