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B.C. mining firm seeking U.S. approval to dig in international waters
CBC/Radio-Canada
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April 3, 2025
A Vancouver-based mining company is looking to sidestep the international agency charged with regulating mining in international waters after lengthy negotiations it says have gone nowhere. The Metals Company (TMC) will instead seek permission...
The Metals Company's efforts to skirt ISA rules could lead to 'free-for-all seabed mining'
RNZ
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April 2, 2025
Greenpeace activists protesting around MV Coco, a specialised vessel collecting data for The Metals Company in November 2023. Photo: Supplied / Greenpeace / Martin Katz The chief executive of a deep sea mining frontrunner has written a scathing...
Trump Signs Order To Modify Reciprocal Tariff Rate For 'Certain Countries' As Deadline Ticks Down
Bernama
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August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that modifies the reciprocal tariff rate for dozens of countries ahead of his self-imposed Aug 1 trade deal deadline, Anadolu Ajansi reported. The...
US Tariff Rates
The Times of India
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a sweeping executive order imposing higher tariffs on several nations and the 27-member European Union, significantly escalating his administration’s global trade offensive. The order, titled "Further...
B.C. company to seek U.S. approval for deep sea mining — 'a violation of international law,' says United Nations
Castanet Kamloops
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April 1, 2025
Photo: The Metals Company. Polymetallic nodules collected by during a deep sea trial in the Pacific Ocean in November 2022. A Vancouver-based company said it is seeking approval under United States law to mine several deposits in the Pacific Ocean...
B.C. company to seek U.S. approval for deep sea mining — 'a violation of international law,' says United Nations
Pique Newsmagazine
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April 1, 2025
Head of United Nations seabed authority warns unilateral action would violate international law and undermine multilateral efforts to govern the world's oceans. A Vancouver-based company said it is seeking approval under United States law to mine...
Donald Trump’s tariffs jar the U.S. stock market, worry consumers
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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April 3, 2025
NEW YORK — Financial markets around the world are reeling Thursday morning following President Donald Trump’s latest and most severe volley of tariffs, and the U.S. stock market may be taking the worst of it. The S&P 500 was down 3.3% in early...
How Donald Trump Could Speed Up Deep-Sea Mining
Newsweek
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March 31, 2025
The Trump administration is considering an executive order that would speed up deep-sea mining in international waters by allowing companies to circumvent a United Nations-backed review process, Reuters reported, citing two sources with direct...
Canadian Mining Firm Seeks U.S. Permit to Bypass UN Seabed Rules
The Maritime Executive
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The Trump administration may be willing to help a Canadian company get a head start on seabed mining in the deep Pacific. Administration officials are in talks to use an obscure domestic law to bypass the International Seabed Authority and the UN...
‘Desperate and deceitful’- deep sea mining frontrunner turns its back on Pacific nations – Greenpeace
The Daily Blog
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March 30, 2025
Greenpeace has slammed deep sea mining frontrunner The Metals Company (TMC) as “desperate and deceitful” after it announced plans to bypass procedure at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) by applying for a mining licence under the US mining...
Crunch talks due on deep-sea mining controversy
Pacific News Service
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Controversial proposals to allow deep-sea mining will be centre-stage at global talks in Jamaica from Monday. It comes after a two-year ban on the practice expired when countries failed to reach agreement on new rules. Scientists fear a possible...
Deepwater Mining Denounces Ecological Risk
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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March 28, 2025
The Anglo-Saxon multinational is seeking an exploitation permit, in accordance with the United States’ national mining regulations from the 1980s, which constitutes “another of the company’s pathetic stratagems” and “an insult to multilateralism,”...
TMC Pushes For 'The Fastest Pathway To Commercial Production' Despite Environmental Risks
Benzinga
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The Metals Company TMC, a deep-sea mining exploration company, has announced a pre-application consultation with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and has engaged with White House officials. If the Trump administration...
Deep-sea Mining Threatens Sea Life in a Way No One Is Thinking About
Food Manufacturing - Wisconsin
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March 25, 2025
Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet (200 meters) below the ocean surface and...
Deep sea mining frontrunner to bypass UN process and apply for mining license under 1980s US regulations
Greenpeace International
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March 28, 2025
Kingston, Jamaica — The Metals Company has announced it will apply for a deep sea mining permit under United States national mining regulations from the 1980s. This announcement came moments before their investor call and the day before their...
Kiribati Explores Deep-Sea Mining Deal with China Amid Global Regulatory Talks
Investing News Network
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March 20, 2025
Kiribati is reportedly in discussions with China to explore deep-sea mining opportunities, signaling a potential shift in its approach to tapping into its vast offshore mineral resources. The Pacific island nation holds the exploration rights to a...
"Desperate And Deceitful"- Deep Sea Mining Frontrunner Turns Its Back On Pacific Nations
Scoop
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Friday, 28 March 2025, 4:33 pm Press Release: Greenpeace Greenpeace has slammed deep sea mining frontrunner The Metals Company (TMC) as "desperate and deceitful" after it announced plans to bypass procedure at the International Seabed Authority...
Chinese FM meets Nauruan counterpart
Pacific News Service
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday met with Nauruan Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Lionel Aingimea, who came to China for the opening ceremony of the Nauru Embassy in China. Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the...
Chinese FM calls for deepened cooperation with Nauru
CGTN
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Nauruan Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Lionel Aingimea in Beijing, China, March 26, 2025. /Chinese...
There's no rulebook for deep-sea mining. Companies want to push forward anyway
WSKG - New York
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March 27, 2025
In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international agency holds the keys to a potential motherlode: vast quantities of metals located on the remote seafloor. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has worked for more than a...