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Tonga passes Act to regulate seabed minerals exploration and mining

On 12 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

Matangi Tonga

Parliament has passed a Seabed Minerals Act 2014, an act that regulates mineral exploration and potential mining in Tongan waters.

Tonga currently has no mining industry as the Kingdom has yet to discover mineral resources such as oil or precious metals. Past oil explorations have been made, but without success.

Tonga a world leader in seabed minerals law

On 02 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Secretariat of the Pacific Community | The Jet

The Kingdom of Tonga this month became the first country in the world to put in place a law that manages seabed mineral activities within its national marine space and under its sponsorship in international waters.

Madang Wansolwara Dance

On 01 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Loop

Through remembrance and protest, a group of Pacific Islanders will be celebrating the one dream for our Ocean, free to be self-determining.

India Presses ahead with laws for experimental seabed mining

On 01 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Gujarat National Law University to draft two key laws on deep sea mining

Source: The Times of India

The Union ministry of earth sciences has asked Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) to prepare two draft laws that will lay the guidelines for deep sea mining in the Indian Ocean off India's territorial waters, and in Antarctic Ocean. The draft laws will be called 'Deep Seabed Mining Act', and 'Antarctica Act of India'. The Indian Ocean seabed is rich in precious metals and can yield natural resources of great value.

Concerns over impact deep sea mining for copper, gold off Papua New Guinea will have on sea life

On 26 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

A controversial mining project that involves ploughing the sea floor off Papua New Guinea (PNG) is set to begin amid concerns about its impact on the marine environment.

Canadian company Nautilus Minerals plans to mine 1.6 million tonnes of copper and gold a year from the volcanic hot springs in the Solwara 1 deposit in the Bismarck Sea, in what is hailed as the first deep sea mining project in the world.

Seabed mining - from science fiction to reality

On 24 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

The 'bulk cutter' is built to make the world's first attempt at deep sea mining. Photo: Nautilus Minerals

On an engineering works floor in Britain stands a 250 tonne machine that promises to change the way we think about the seabed.

It's built to mine the deep.

NZ: Environment agency opposes second seabed mining application

On 19 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: The National Business Review

The Environmental Protection Authority says it cannot recommend in favour of a proposal to mine phosphate nodules from the seabed on the Chatham Rise, saying there are too many uncertainties about the environmental impacts of Chatham Rock Phosphate's plans on an important fishery.

EU puts more money into experimental seabed mining

On 16 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Health check for deep-sea mining

European project evaluates risks to delicate ecosystems.

Source: Katia Moskvitch | Nature

The newest assault on the worlds oceans, deep seabed mining

On 14 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

NGOs from Australia, Canada and India are calling for an international moratorium on deep seabed mining in light of the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA) issuing of 7 exploration licences for deep seabed mining in international waters.

Natalie Lowrey, spokesperson, Deep Sea Mining campaign:

Nautilus overcomes obstacle to seabed mining

On 08 Jul, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand

Papua New Guinea's mining minister, Byron Chan, says an experimental seabed mining project could pump 300 million kina, or 124 million US dollars, into the country's economy.

The Canadian mining company, Nautilus Minerals, is set to begin mining the seabed off New Ireland in Papua New Guinea for metals, following a dispute resolution with the government there.

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