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Tonga weighs new deep sea mining deal with The Metals Company
RNZ
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July 30, 2025
The Metals Company is a key player in the deep sea mining industry. Photo: Facebook / The Metals Company Tonga is considering a new deep sea mining contract with Canadian mining group The Metals Company (TMC) - and a local NGO says the government...
Nauru Picks Aussie Finance Expert to Head Crypto Oversight Body
Investing News Network
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July 21, 2025
Australian banking and financial markets veteran Brian Phelps has been named head of the Command Ridge Virtual Asset Authority (CRVAA), a new regulator focused on overseeing digital assets, including crypto. Approved by the Nauruan government in...
Nauru could earn millions after backing U.S deep sea mining pathway
Island Times
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July 22, 2025
KINGSTON/YAREN (RNZ PACIFIC) — Nauru is a step closer to mining in international waters under highly contentious United States legislation. The path has been set out in the nation’s new agreement with Canadian mining group The Metals Company (TMC)...
Ag Progress Days 2025 Coverage: Stay Up To Date On Penn State's Annual Agricultural Event
Lancaster Farming - Pennsylvania
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July 29, 2025
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Governments must rise to the moment and vote in favour of a moratorium on deep sea mining – Greenpeace
The Daily Blog
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July 29, 2025
The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) has ended with Greenpeace saying governments are continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While high-level representatives from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the...
New world-class health services will transform Nauru, says government
Marianas Variety
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A MONTH after the Government of Nauru announced a ground breaking strategic partnership with UAE company Global Mission Support Services or GMSS to take over the management and delivery of the country’s health services, the results have already...
World’s Governments Fail to Agree to a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining
Truthout
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July 26, 2025
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. Despite growing momentum, world governments failed to agree to a moratorium on deep-sea...
Governments Fail to 'Rise to the Moment' as Seabed Meeting Ends Without Mining Pause
Common Dreams
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July 26, 2025
Despite growing momentum, world governments failed to agree to a moratorium on deep-sea mining as the 30th session of the International Seabed Authority wrapped up on Friday. The authority's July meeting was the first since U.S. President Donald...
Nauru could earn millions after backing US deep sea mining pathway
RNZ
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July 17, 2025
The Metals Company Photo: Facebook / The Metals Company Nauru is a step closer to mining in international waters under highly contentious United States legislation. The path has been set out in the nation's new agreement with Canadian mining group...
Governments reject Trump’s deep sea mining power grab but fail to adopt moratorium on deep sea mining
Greenpeace International
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July 26, 2025
A team from Greenpeace International fly huge ocean themed kites together with a banner reading “Protect The Deep Sea” outside the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. The event happened during he International Seabed Authority (ISA) council and...
Governments at ISA must Establish a Moratorium on Deep-Sea Mining, Reaffirm Authority over International Seabed Lies Collectively With All States
Common Dreams
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July 25, 2025
The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) concluded today, with governments continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While politicians from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the international community,...
Nauru taps veteran banker to lead digital asset push
Marianas Variety
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Brian Phelps (Government of the Republic of Nauru) — Following legislation passed by Nauru’s parliament last month to establish an authority to regulate virtual assets including cryptocurrency, the government has appointed highly respected...
Greenpeace: Governments have yet to rise to the moment and vote in favour of a moratorium on deep sea mining
Greenpeace International
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July 25, 2025
Kingston, Jamaica, The 30th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) ends today with governments continuing to fall short in protecting the deep sea. While high-level representatives from Palau, France and Panama attended to rally the...
International Seabed Authority launches inquiry into deep sea mining firm The Metals Company
RNZ
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July 23, 2025
The Metals Company Photo: Facebook / The Metals Company The International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council has launched an inquiry into "non-compliance" by deep sea mining front-runner The Metals Company (TMC). The company had previously indicated...
Tiny Nauru is causing big waves over mining
RNZ
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July 23, 2025
An image from the National Oceanography Centre shows a carnivorous sponge, photographed during an expedition to the NE Pacific abyss and found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). A recent executive order by US President Donald Trump could open...
China, US pledge funds for Pacific Islands
Taipei Times
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August 12, 2025
A Chinese corporation has pledged A$1 billion (US$648.85 million) to Nauru, the Pacific Islands nation with a population of 12,000 said yesterday, as major powers including the US push for influence in the region. The announcement comes ahead of...
Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Revival Sparks Global Minerals Race
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 22, 2025
Key Takeaways Trump’s policy revives U.S. interest in deep-sea mining for critical minerals. U.S. firms seek battery metals from polymetallic nodules in the Pacific. China’s rare earth dominance accelerates American offshore ambitions. Seabed...
Deep sea mining firm TMC gets veiled warning from global body
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . United Nations 22 July, 2025, 23:06 The International Seabed Authority (ISA) issued a veiled warning Monday to Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) over its plans to launch deep-sea mining operations in international...
Push for global ocean moratorium grows as deep sea mining operations stall
Pacific Media Network
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The International Seabed Authority (ISA) concludes its latest council session without approving any deep sea mining operations, despite increasing pressure from the industry. Deep sea mining extracts metals like cobalt and nickel from the ocean...
Deep sea mining companies exploiting ‘national security’ fears for profit, according to new Greenpeace USA report
Greenpeace International
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July 21, 2025
“Deep Deception” report refutes claims that deep sea mining is necessary to source critical minerals for U.S. national security and defense. Greenpeace USA activists unfurl a banner calling on the US government to Stop Deep Sea Mining in front of...