/norway-lawmakers-back-deep-sea-mining-in-arctic-ocean/ No 1 source of global mining news and opinion Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 /norway-lawmakers-back-deep-sea-mining-in-arctic-ocean/#comment-319228 Sat, 09 Dec 2023 03:00:22 +0000 /?p=1134132#comment-319228 “Opponents to seafloor mining have long-warned that consequences of both exploration and extraction of minerals from the seabed are unknown…” Norway has benefitted greatly from offshore oil production, and the consequences of that to the ecostructure should be a matter of public record; the collection of metallic nodules, as performed by The Metals Company, for example, does not even involve installation of platforms or drilling, simply scooping these off the bottom. What does Greenpeace have to say about that?

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