Photo via the Metals Co. The debate around deep seabed mining has been gaining attention as concerns mount about its potential impacts on ocean ecosystems. The ocean is host to countless species ...

While visiting China last week, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signed a comprehensive strategic partnership (CPS), while the country's Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) met with Chinese ...

The island's Seabed Minerals Authority says it has held "high-level" discussions with several institutes to advance ...

Chinese officials have emphasised the economic importance of deep-sea mining and have been pushing for the swift exploitation of seabed resources. The US has also introduced bills calling for a ...

An advocate for ocean conservation and protection claims the Cook Islands government is misleading public into believing the ...

Over 1,500 fishermen in northern and southern Manjung district are worried that seabed tin mining at the Segari Forest ...

As the government opens the floodgates today for project applications under its new Fast-Track Approvals Act, opposition to ...

Cook Islands officials yesterday said they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island ...

An Oslo court on Thursday rejected a legal challenge by the WWF environmental group against Norway's bid to mine its seabed ...

The Geological Survey of India has identified seabed deposits amounting to 74.5 crore tonnes along Kerala’s coast.

Portugal’s parliament has approved the drafting of a moratorium on deep sea mining in territorial waters to 2050.