Source: BBC World Service
Author: David Shukman
The prospect of a deep sea “gold rush” opening a controversial new frontier for mining on the ocean floor has moved a step closer.
18 May, 2013
Mining
8 March, 2013
Source: New Zealand Herald
Author: Jamie Morton
The Government says it was “too late” to vote to protect deep ocean habitats from the threat of seabed mining at the world’s largest conservation congress because it had already issued prospecting and exploration permits.
Continue reading ‘Too late’ for Govt to vote on saving seabed
19 December, 2012
Source: Stuff.co.NZ – Business Day
Author: James Weir
Plans to mine rock phosphate from the Chatham Rise took another step forward with €4 million to be spent on a final detailed design of a system to extract the rock from under the sea.
12 December, 2012
Source: Oceans Inc
Author: Reuters
A dispute between Papua New Guinea and Canada‘s Nautilus Minerals threatens to sink plans to mine gold and other metals for the first time from the ocean floor.
Continue reading Papua New Guinea sea floor mining project in jeopardy
13 November, 2012
Source: Nature News Blog
Author: Daniel Cressy
Controversial deep-sea mining company Nautilus Minerals is “terminating the construction” of its flagship project off the coast of Papua New Guinea and laying off staff, it said today.
Continue reading Deep sea miners terminate pioneering project
29 March, 2012
Source: Deep Sea News
Author: Rick Mac
On May 20th, 2010–one month to the day after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig (under lease by British Petroleum) exploded and caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, beginning what would become the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry–the U.S. government and numerous environmental organizations accused BP of falling short in the information it had provided about the spill. While oil literally gushed from the Macondo blowout, information on what was happening beneath the water surface was not so free-flowing. Allegations were made that BP had engaged in a “cover-up” about the extent of the damage and the amount of crude flowing unchecked from its ruptured well at a water depth of approximately 5,000 feet (1,500 m).