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FEATURE – Deep-sea mining — Its impact in the Pacific
The Fiji Times
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February 21, 2025
FOR scores of indigenous Pacific communities, the ocean remains a mysterious, vital heartbeat that sustains life on the planet. It’s a relationship that has been forged over centuries of reverence and respect for the ocean and the many mysteries...
Nauru accused of rushing test for controversial seabed mining
Pacific News Service
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A seabed minerals company has been accused of rushing a landmark mining test in the Pacific. It comes as the company Nauru Ocean Resources prepares to conduct deep-sea mining ahead of the first international guidelines for the practice. Nauru is...
Rights Groups Slam Australian Plan To Transfer Criminals To Nauru
International Business Times
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February 17, 2025
Rights groups on Monday denounced an Australian plan to send three violent foreign criminals -- including a murderer -- to live on the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru. Canberra said Sunday it had paid an undisclosed sum to Nauru -- population about...
New Zealand rethinks opposition to deep-sea mining
RTL Today
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New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources minister told AFP on Tuesday. Resources Minister Shane Jones said opposition to the fledgling industry was rooted in "shrill"...
Nauru Airlines wins new deal to boost AU-Pacific flights for extra 12 months; ends BNE direct route
KARRYON
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November 4, 2024
Nauru Airlines commenced regular island-hopper services more than 12 years ago, connecting Brisbane to Nauru and onwards to Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. Since October 2022, Nauru Airlines has operated the...
Offer fishing discounts:PNG Fishing Industry Association
Pacific News Service
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Papua New Guinea can expect increased job opportunities and millions of kina in revenue if the Government considers offering discounts on fishing days, says the Fishing Industry Association (PNG) Inc. Association president and chairman Sylvester...
Scientists call for moratorium on ocean mining, fearing impact on Pacific tuna fishery
Pacific News Service
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Around 500 scientists from 44 countries have signed a letter urging a moratorium on ocean mining, an activity that researchers say could be adversely affect fisheries, in particular deep-sea catches like tuna. Scientists made the plea recently...
Small Island, Big Vision: Nauru's Journey Towards A Sustainable Tomorrow
Scoop
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When Nauru achieved independence in 1968, it marked the beginning of a new chapter for the Pacific Island Country. And while it may be the third-smallest country in the world, larger than only Vatican City and Monaco, as well as the smallest...
Nauru: Third smallest country in the world
Oman Observer
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November 4, 2024
Muscat: Nauru, an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean is the third smallest country in the world after Vatican City and Monaco. According to Britannica, it is a raised coral island located in southeastern Micronesia, 25 miles (40 km)...
BlackLine Studio360: The Platform for Future-Readiness
CFO Dive
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Australia’s courts say climate change is a political problem. The ICJ just made it a legal issue
Crikey
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July 29, 2025
They were two decisions, from two separate courts, issued both a week and a world apart. One, a class action lawsuit filed in 2021 by a First Nations community in the Torres Strait, alleged the Australian government had failed to meaningfully...
Nauru Airlines receive support to continue weekly flights
Islands Business
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November 5, 2024
Students and teachers of Buakonikai Primary School on Rabi are now enjoying improved access to renewable electricity and internet thanks to Australia’s Pacific Climate Infrastructure Financing Partnership (PCIFP). The Australian Government, in...
Te Ipukarea Society: ‘Embarrassing’ push from Cook Islands venture for deep sea mining regulation
Cook Island News
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January 25, 2025
The signatories to the letter from the contractors, including Cook Islands Investment Corporation's Allan Jensen, to the President of the ISA. SUPPLIED/24012450 Last week a group of eight deep seabed mining companies with exploration contracts in...
Challenges persist in TMC’s bid to mine the deep sea, even after boost from Trump
Mongabay
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July 24, 2025
After years of delay, the deep-sea mining plans of Canadian firm The Metals Company (TMC) now appear to be progressing as it pursues a controversial new path to securing a license to mine in international waters under U.S. jurisdiction. Yet...
Seabed mining equity dilemmas in the Pacific
Pacific News Service
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Seabed mining can affect fisheries and the flow-on social equity issues need to be addressed. By Aline Jaeckel, Quentin Hanich, Harriet Harden-Davies, Judith van Leeuwen, Holly Niner, Katherine L. Seto and Michelle Voyer What is currently hundreds...
China-Nauru relations display robust momentum, fruitful results: spokesperson
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Friday said that one year ago, China and Nauru had decided to reestablish diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level on the basis of the one-China principle. Since the...
No EV Credits, No Problem: Mining Giants Still See Green In Trump Deregulation Push
Benzinga
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President Donald Trump‘s revoking the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit hasn’t discouraged mining companies from continuing to source critical materials needed for EV manufacturing. Rio Tinto RIO CEO Jakob Stausholm, for example, remains...
$2 billion at stake as firms push for deep-sea mining rules by 2025
Profit by Pakistan Today
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January 19, 2025
Companies heavily invested in seabed exploration for valuable minerals have urged the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to adopt long-delayed deep-sea mining regulations by 2025, highlighting concerns over the lack of a legal framework. Under...
News24 Business | Companies slam delay on deep-sea mining rules
News24
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January 18, 2025
Firms investing heavily to explore the seabed for valuable minerals have criticized long delays in crafting deep-sea mining rules, urging an international oceans watchdog in a letter this week to pass regulations this year.(Zhihao/Getty Images)....
Trump Administration Could Spur Deep-Sea Mining Boom Amid Controversy
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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January 15, 2025
The incoming Trump administration appears ready to foster growth in the deep-sea mining industry, potentially transforming how the U.S. accesses critical minerals. By signaling increased support through key cabinet appointments and congressional...