The final report of the workshop From Paper to Practice: Implementing the Mining Code was released this past week. The workshop took place on 12 August 2017 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, offering participants of the 23rd Annual Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) a relaxed, off the record forum to exchange ideas the development […]
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The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is charged with regulating deep-sea mining in the Area and its environmental impacts. To evaluate these impacts, the ISA’s rules call for contractors to delineate and monitor Impact Reference Zones (IRZs) and Preservation Reference Zones (PRZs). In general, an IRZ represents the area impacted by mining operations. A PRZ, in […]
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DAVID STRINGER on BLOOMBERG MARKETS | 25 October 2017 “Ground zero in the global scramble for lithium is a small patch of northern Australia’s iron-ore rich outback, where work is accelerating to deliver the world’s next major mines to feed soaring demand from electric vehicle battery makers. Almost 60 percent of supply from planned large projects […]
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MINING WEEKLY | 25 October 2017 “JOHANNESBURG – As the world speeds ahead with a move towards more electric vehicles (EVs), including hybrids, plug-ins and full electric cars, the nickel market is heading for deepening deficits, falling stocks and rising prices. This is the view of Wood Mackenzie principal analyst Sean Mulshaw, who forecasts that […]
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PNG POST-COURIER | 25 October 2017 “Former Attorney General Sir Arnold Amet has come out publicly warning that potential investors that Nautilus Solwara 1 project is a risky deal. The former Justice Minister has joined the growing opposition against the deep sea mining project which has been proposed in the Bismarck Sea, of which his […]
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Andrew Hodgson is stepping down as CEO of Tyneside-based subsea engineering specialist Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd. (SMD). He will be will be succeeded by his deputy Mike Jones from 23 October. No stranger to the business, Jones has worked for SMD for over 25 years. A director since 2004, Jones takes over following a planned […]
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Download Nautilus Minerals press release Toronto Ontario, October 19, 2017 – Nautilus Minerals Inc. (TSX:NUS, OTC:NUSMF Nasdaq Intl Designation) (the “Company” or “Nautilus“) announces changes to its board of directors with the appointment of John McCoach following the resignation of Mark Horn. Russell Debney, Nautilus Minerals’ Chairman said “I would like to thank Mark for […]
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See Deep Sea Mining Campaign’s original release Nijmegen, Netherlands and Brisbane, Australia, 25 October 2017 In a last ditch bid to rescue its experimental deep sea mining project ”Solwara 1”, the two largest shareholders of Nautilus Minerals Inc, Russian mining company Metalloinvest and Omani conglomerate MB Holdings, have formed a new company whose sole job […]
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KIRA COLEY on MARINE TECHNOLOGY NEWS | 24 October 2017 “Over millions of years, metal particles accrete onto sediment grains slowly forming lumps of commercially-valuable metallic ores in deep aphotic basins three miles underwater. As resources dwindle, mining companies are increasingly looking to the ocean to provide the metals and minerals we need. But environmental […]
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International Seabed Authority (ISA) Contractors have a legal obligation to provide and fund training opportunities for young men and women Developing States. The following new candidates have been accepted for training placements since July: China (announced 1 August 2017) The China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association (COMRA) offered three training positions: Md. Bazlar […]
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