No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the ...

Increasingly crowded orbits full of satellites and debris pose potential hazards for services on Earth, and need regulation.

Cook Islands officials yesterday said they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island ...

New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources ...

"Portugal Lawmakers Take Step Toward Deep-sea Mining Ban", 31 January 2025. ...Deep-sea mining has come to the forefront in ...

Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) has been in "high-level" discussions on Prime Minister Mark Brown's trip to ...

A major legal challenge in deep-sea mining is the jurisdictional ambiguity between international waters and areas within national Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) —which extend up to 200 nautical miles ...

Portugal’s parliament has approved the drafting of a moratorium on deep sea mining in territorial waters to 2050.

An advocate for ocean conservation and protection claims the Cook Islands government is misleading public into believing the ...

SYDNEY, Feb 14, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Cook Islands officials said Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters.

Resources Minister Shane Jones said opposition ... New Zealand backed a ban on deep-sea mining under former progressive prime minister Jacinda Ardern in 2022, citing the risk of "irreversible ...

Cook Islands officials said on Friday they had discussed seabed minerals research with China as the small Pacific island mulls deep-sea mining of its waters. The self-governing co ...