Concern has been raised over the possible impact of proposed Chatham Rock Phosphate’s mining activities for phosphorite nodules on the crest of the Chatham Rise on the larval, post-larval puerulus, and benthic phases of red rock lobsters, Jasus edwardsii. Due to the restriction of juvenile and adult phase red rock lobsters to depths less than [...]
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Chatham Rock Phosphate’s mining licence application will be considered as a priority under the brand new Crown Minerals Act law, according to New Zealand Petroleum and Minerals. A letter to the company from NZP&M says the information CRP has provided regarding the mineral resource and its financial and technical capability has not raised any concerns. [...]
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The Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority has received a proposal from Nautilus Minerals Inc., (‘Nautilus’) a company incorporated in Canada, to enter into negotiations to form a joint venture with the Enterprise for the purpose of developing eight of the reserved area blocks in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The terms of the proposal [...]
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LaNaval has delivered the Fall Pipe & Mining Vessel “Joseph Plateau” to Jan de Nul after the good execution of the sea trials. The vessel is the largest of its kind in the world and one of the few vessels equipped for rock dumping in water depths of 2,000 m. Beside the very large operational [...]
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The Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority, Mr Nii A. Odunton says the level of interest in deep seabed mining has increased rapidly and significantly after decades of being ‘on hold’. Speaking at a media event in London on Thursday, 14 March for the launch of UK Seabed Resources Ltd., the latest exploration contractor with [...]
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Nautilus Minerals Inc (“Nautilus”) is the first company to explore the ocean floor for polymetallic seafloor massive sulphide deposits. Nautilus was granted the first mining lease for such deposits at the prospect known as Solwara 1, in the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea, where it is aiming to produce copper, gold and silver. The [...]
Opponents of the Marine Minerals Limited planned mining project on the north Cornish coastline expressed their worries about the impact of the project on the local ecosystem, BBC informs. The company has already submitted a plan to begin the process of collecting tin from the seabed from St Ives to Perranporth. According to BBC, Mr. [...]
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Sudan and Saudi Arabia announced plans to start deep-water mining in the Red Sea basin in 2014, reports AFP. The licence to explore the area of about 115 kilometres (71 miles) west of Jeddah has been awarded in 2010 to Manafa International Trade Company of Saudi Arabia and Diamond Fields International Ltd of Canada. The [...]
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Swakopmund Matters, an organization that started out last year, has a mission to inform public of the potential damage of the deep sea mining offshore Namibian coast. The current projects that raise concerns of Swakopmund Matters and all Namibians are: • The project of Namibia Marine Phosphate (NMP) is called Sandpiper Marine Phosphate Project (SMPP) [...]
During the past months several reports regarding the deep sea mining campaign in Papua New Guinea were released, Swakopmund Matters informed. The campaign coordinator for the Australian-based organization “Deep Sea Mining”, Dr. Helen Rosenbaum, has authored a significant report on marine mining in Papua New Guinea’s coastal waters entitled “Out of our Depth – Mining [...]
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