Source: Deep Sea Mining Campaign
We the maritime communities from the Bismarck and Solomon Seas have been resisting Nautilus Minerals experimental projects since 2008.
Continue reading Solwara 1 Project Is a Dangerous and Bad Investment
Source: Deep Sea Mining Campaign
Author: Natalie Lowrey
Major mining company withdraws from high risk Solwara 1 deep sea mining project – will Nautilus Minerals go under before reaching the ocean floor?
Continue reading Anglo American divests from Nautilus over risks of deep sea mining
Source: Greenpeace
Author: Sebastian Losada & Pierre Terras
Over the last two weeks, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has been in discussions in Jamaica. Its mission – to work towards the finalisation of exploitation regulations, a so-called mining code, that will allow commercial deep sea mining operations to begin all around the world.
Continue reading Deep sea mining decisions: Approaching the point of no return
Source: Loop
The lack of consultation with West Coast locals of New Ireland Province on the Nautilus seabed mining project has yet again prompted another submission of their objections to the Mineral Resources Authority.
Continue reading Alliance of Solwara Warriors lodge objection
Source: Deep Sea Mining Campaign
Author: Natalie Lowrey
PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Amid financial strife and looming litigation, Sir Arnold Amet, former Papua New Guinean Attorney General and Minister for Justice advises the PNG Government to terminate its joint partnership agreement with Nautilus, recoup its 15% stake in the Solwara 1 deep sea mining project and decline to renew the licences for Solwara 1.
Source: RNZ
Papua New Guinea’s Mining Minister says the government is committed to the controversial Solwara 1 seabed mining project.
Continue reading PNG mining minister says govt committed to deep sea mining
Source: Marine Conservation Institute
Author: Kelly Martin
You’ve probably heard the saying that we know less about the deep ocean than we do about the surface of the moon. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, we have explored less than 5% of the ocean to date, so the saying is pretty accurate. However, as technology improves and scientists are able to learn more about the deep, they begin to more clearly understand its ecological value.
Continue reading The Future of the Deep Sea: Undiscovered Wonders at Risk
Source: Deep Sea Mining Campaign
Author: Natalie Lowrey
On the back of gloomy investor updates from deep sea mining wannabe, Nautilus Minerals Inc.communities in Papua New Guinea just gave the company a surprise Christmas present.
Continue reading Risky deep sea mining project just got a whole lot riskier!
Source: Deep Sea Mining Campaign
Author: Natalie Lowrey
PAPUA NEW GUINEA | Coastal Communities have today launched legal proceedings against the PNG Government in a bid to obtain key documents relating to the licensing and the environmental, health and economic impacts of the Solwara 1 deep sea mining project.
Continue reading Legal action launched over the Nautilus Solwara 1 Experimental Seabed Mine
Source: Deep Sea Mining Campaign
Author: Natalie Lowrey
Nijmegen, Netherlands and Brisbane, Australia, 25 October 2017
In a last ditch bid to rescue its experimental deep sea mining project ”Solwara 1”, the two largest shareholders of Nautilus Minerals Inc, Russian mining company Metalloinvest and Omani conglomerate MB Holdings, have formed a new company whose sole job is to secure funding for the project by October 31st.
