Norway on Wednesday postponed the first licences to permit deep-sea mining in its Arctic waters for four years, a delay environmentalists hope signals the "nail in the coffin" of the plans. The ...

Norway has postponed controversial deep–sea mining plans, a delay environmentalists say must be “the nail in the coffin” for the industry. Yesterday (3 December) the country’s Labour government ...

Norway has temporarily halted its deep-sea mining plans by postponing the first licensing round until at least 2029, following a political agreement with the Socialist Left Party for the state budget.

Governments face pressure to delay seabed mining as legal risks, fragile ecosystems and global treaty commitments collide.

File - Activists from Greenpeace protest against planned deep-sea mining in the Arctic on Sept. 20, 2024, in Hamburg, Germany. (Ulrich Perrey / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP) OSLO, Norway (AFP) — ...

Activist groups have hailed the delay as a 'massive win for nature' - Copyright AFP Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS Activist groups have hailed the delay as a 'massive win for ...