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'Minerals harvesting': Cook Islands Parliament makes changes to seabed mining law

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The Cook Islands has made an amendments to its Seabed Minerals Act. The amendments include replacing the term "mining" with "minerals harvesting" Prime Minister Mark Brown said mining is a broad term which ranges from extraction through to digging and cutting. Three mining companies have been exploring the Cook Islands exclusive-economic zone.

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'Minerals harvesting': Cook Islands Parliament makes changes to seabed mining law

The Cook Islands has made amendments to its Seabed Minerals Act this week, including replacing the term "mining" with "minerals harvesting ... to reflect the actual activity that takes place".

2 months ago·New Zealand

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