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Is the next mining boom on the ocean floor?
The Conversation Sara Bice | 15 April 2013 Sara Bice a Senior Associate of the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility and Research Fellow at the Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne raises concerns about the potential impacts of deep sea mining in the Pacific. Photo: Amid global demand for rare earth minerals, there [...]
Read moreEnvironmental Uncertainties Halt Deep Sea Mining
Inter Press News Agency Catherine Wilson | 17 December 2012 SYDNEY, Dec 17 2012 (IPS) – The world’s first deep sea mineral (DSM) mining venture in the Bismarck Sea off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific has come to a halt after two years of development. While the mining company [...]
Read morePeople power halts greedy experimental mining plans in PNG
Papua New Guinea Mine Watch 16 November 2012 A powerful and still growing coalition of local people, NGOs, politicians, scientists and lawyers has put a stop – at least for now – to the greedy plans of Canadian company Nautilus Minerals to mine the seabed in Papua New Guinea for gold, silver and copper. After [...]
Read moreNautilus is feeling the heat – more financial woes
Below are the links to Nautilus statement recently released that many of you have probably seen – they are cancelling underwater construction contracts, sacking 60 staff, it also should be noted that Nautilus shares have dropped 77% in the past year. They are under huge financial pressure! NAUTILUS STATEMENT: Nautilus Minerals terminates equipment build [...]
Read moreDr John Luick and the Deep Sea Mining campaign dismiss Nautilus defence of EIS
On 6 November 2012, the Deep Sea mining campaign released a new report authored by Oceanographic expert, Dr. John Luick. The report found that the Nautilus minerals Solwara 1 EIS seriously downplays the risks facing local communities and the marine environment in Papua New Guinea. Download Nautilus statement defending the EIS, below is Dr. [...]
Read moreEIS Review: Foreword by Deep Sea Mining campaign coordinator, Dr. Helen Rosenbaum
View and Download the EIS REVIEW The Nautilus Environmental Impact Statement for the Solwara 1 Project was submitted to the PNG Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) in 2008. In 2009 DEC issued the final environmental permit for the development of the Solwara 1 project followed by the granting of a 20 year mining lease [...]
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