No details have been released, but analysts and environmentalists fear it will pave the way for closer security ties and the start of deep-sea mining.

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

An Oslo court on Thursday rejected a legal challenge by the WWF environmental group against Norway's bid to mine its seabed for minerals crucial to the green energy transition. The government had ...