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

The Cook Islands causes concern in New Zealand as it moves toward a possible collaboration with China on deep-sea mining.

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.

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New Zealand backed a ban on deep-sea mining under former progressive prime ... of dollars by scraping the ocean floor for polymetallic nodules that are loaded with manganese, cobalt, copper ...

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