RADIO NEW ZEALAND | 17 November 2017 “The Pacific Network on Globalisation says claims environmental costs would stop seabed mining in the Cook Islands would be thwarted by a lack of safeguards in the country’s laws. PANG co-ordinator Maureen Penjueli says the Cooks’ Seabed Minerals Act dates back to 2009 when deep-sea mining was believed […]
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GEM ROMULD, TEISHAN AHEARNE, COREY GREEN, EMMA CRUNCH & KERRI-LEE HARDING on 3CR COMMUNITY RADIO | 16 November 2017 “It’s a race to the bottom of the sea on the frontier of extractive industries: experimental deep sea mining.Canadian company Nautilus Minerals is planning to mine a hydrothermal vent 1500m underwater: Solwara 1 in the Bismarck […]
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INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY | 16 November 2017 JAMAICA, Kingston – – The Authority has done a good job over its 24 years of existence of building its institutional capacity to manage deep seabed mining. Speaking at the special session on deep seabed mining at the 88th meeting of the Ocean Studies Board of the National […]
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DHAKA TRIBUNE | 16 November 2017 “Isabela Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Bangladesh, will conduct an expedition into the Swatch of No-Ground in the Bay of Bengal, which is home to a mysterious submarine canyon. Director of Save Our Sea, a philanthropic organization, SM Atiqur Rahman and 39 other researchers will launched the deep […]
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REUTERS on MINING WEEKLY | 15 November 2017 “China’s top copper smelters held an unscheduled meeting in Shanghai on Tuesday to reaffirm their position that there will be no shortage of copper concentrate supply in 2018 as the key contract renegotiation season hots up. The 10 companies on the China Smelters Purchase Team (CSPT) met […]
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CATHERINE WILSON on MONGABAY | 15 November 2017 After 17 years of foreign ownership and a checkered environmental history, the Solomon Islands’ Gold Ridge mine is now being led by a local landowner-driven joint venture. The company saw its first major test in April 2016, when rainfall triggered a spillover from the mine’s tailing dam. […]
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REUTERS on MINING WEEKLY | 15 November 2017 “Apple is leading the way in tracing cobalt used in its electronics to ensure the metal has not been mined by children in Democratic Republic of Congo while Microsoft is lagging, Amnesty International said. Microsoft disagreed with the pressure group’s conclusions published on Wednesday. Congo is by […]
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RADIO NEW ZEALAND | 15 November 2017 “The Cook Islands’ Seabed Minerals Authority Commissioner Paul Lynch said the country’s Seabed Minerals Act ensured a careful, steady approach to any potential exploration or mining. He said the act was the world’s first, dedicated national legislation to control seabed minerals activities. Mr Lynch said criticism, based on […]
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REUTERS on MINING WEEKLY | 14 November 2017 “Gold-backed exchange traded funds (ETFs) have added 3.3 t of gold to their global holdings during October, as outflows from North America mostly offset inflows in Europe, the latest data from the World Gold Council (WGC) shows. Global ETF gold holdings now total 2 347.6 t. According […]
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ANTHONY SAWYER on WEEK HERALD | 14 November 2017 “News coverage about Coda Octopus Group (NASDAQ:CODA) has been trending positive this week, according to Accern. Shares of Coda Octopus Group (NASDAQ CODA) traded up $0.05 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $5.72. The company had a trading volume of 11,300 shares, compared to its average volume […]
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