US EditionSeabed Mining Project Sparks Alarm over Impact on South Taranaki Fisheries
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, JUL 7 – The International Seabed Authority's negotiations face division as 37 countries back a moratorium while mining interests push for rules enabling exploitation of critical minerals.
- Greenpeace activists demanded a halt to deep-sea mining outside Germany's parliament, coinciding with the start of the International Seabed Authority's assembly in Jamaica, where 170 nations will negotiate mining regulations.
- Research from Australia's CSIRO indicates that deep-sea mining significantly affects the seabed and endangers marine life, urging for effective monitoring if mining proceeds.
- Experts argue against deep-sea mining, asserting that the economic benefits are overstated and that the minerals required for the energy transition are abundant on land.
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Governments are not powerless in the face of deep sea miners colluding with Trump
Governments still have a chance to protect the future of the deep ocean as the 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) resumes today, with 37 now calling for a moratorium on deep sea mining – the only credible path to decisively resist predatory corporate seizure and prevent the irreversible harm the industry could unleash.This is the first time governments have gathered to discuss deep sea mining since The Metals Company (TMC) …
Greenpeace stages protest in Berlin against deep-sea mining with giant octopus
Environmental group demands moratorium as international negotiations begin on controversial seabed exploitation, placing German government under pressure to adopt stronger stance - Anadolu Ajansı
Kronen Zeitung
Salzburger NachrichtenWith a research vessel Japan wants to win rare earths in the deep sea for the first time from January. The ship "Chikyu" will complete a test expedition to catch sediments of the seabed containing such metals, said the director of a state innovation program, Shoichi Ishii. It is the first test worldwide, "in which the sediments are recovered from a water depth of 5500 meters". The expedition leads the "Chikyu" in waters of the Japanese economic …
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