JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mining on the sea floor should not begin before a full assessment of likely environmental impacts can be made, a report commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable ...

The European Academies’ Science Advisory Council has announced its support for a moratorium on deep-sea mining. In a new report, the council conveys its skepticism that deep-sea mining is necessary to ...

An independent system of accountability never materialized. In 2021, Norway elected a new government. And last week, its parliament voted to allow the controversial practice of sea-bed mining. This ...