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Dr Jack says no to seabed mining

April 16, 2013 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

Solomon Star By Elliot Dawea | Tuesday 16 April 2013 Photo: http://blogs.oceanswatch.org/solomons-png/?m=201108 A lecturer in education at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Solomon Islands Campus has petitioned the Temotu Provincial Government against underwater mining. Dr Jack Maebuta made the petition through online appealing for all members of the Temotu Public Forum on facebook [...]

New Ireland Communities Angry with Mining Minister

April 11, 2013 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

‘We want Ministers and a government that believe in a new development model. One that works for PNG and for local people. We want investment in local agriculture, local people, local skills. Not more of these big foreign owned activities that just steal our resources and leave us to suffer the costs.’ [via Papua New [...]

“… what proof can you tell me that seabed mine will make a difference?”

April 8, 2013 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

Wence Magun, Deep Sea Mining campaign steering committee member recently spoke to Television New Zealand (TVNZ) about why shouldn’y be rushing into deep sea mining in the Pacific. You can see the full transript to the speech here. Wence is also the national coordinator for PNG NGO Mas Kagin Tapani, he recently attended the Second [...]

Environmental Uncertainties Halt Deep Sea Mining

December 18, 2012 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

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 [...]

Letter to the Department of Environment and Conservation in Papua New Guinea

November 24, 2012 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

Solwara 1 is a unique project of worldwide significance but key aspects of its approvals process remain “behind closed doors”. In the interests of transparency and informed debate, the Deep Sea Mining Campaign have called upon the DEC (via the Acting Secretary) to release at a minimum the full data set behind the EIS, the [...]

Reports Regarding Deep Sea Mining Campaign in Papua New Guinea Released

November 24, 2012 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

Subsea World News 20 November 2012 During the past months several reports regarding the deep sea mining campaign in Papua New Guinea were released, Swakopmund Matters informed. The campaign coordinator for the Australian-based organization “Deep Sea Mining”, Dr. Helen Rosenbaum, has authored a significant report on marine mining in Papua New Guinea’s coastal waters entitled [...]

Solwara 1 ecology impact bugs Papua New Guinean Government

November 24, 2012 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

The National, Papua New Guinea 20 November 2012 Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says his government wants to be fully satisfied on core issues such as environmental impact before it participates in the Solwara 1 deep-sea mining project. Nautilus Minerals, the developer of the project planned for PNG’s Bismarck Sea, last week decided to terminate construction [...]

Dr John Luick and the Deep Sea Mining campaign dismiss Nautilus defence of EIS

November 12, 2012 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

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. [...]

EIS Review: Foreword by Deep Sea Mining campaign coordinator, Dr. Helen Rosenbaum

November 12, 2012 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

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 [...]

Nautilus seabed mining project jeopardized again

October 28, 2012 | Posted by admin in In the News| 0 comments

Mining.com Cecilia Jamasmie | October 24, 2012 Canada-based Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX&LON:NUS) sank to fresh lows Wednesday in London, falling almost 5%, hit by the news of a Papua New Guinea’s landowners petition to the Government to cancel the firm’s seabed mining permit. The company, the first to explore the ocean floor for polymetallic massive [...]