Pacific Blue Line collective, made up of women, youth, faith-based, and environmental organisations, is demanding “for an outright ban on deep sea mining” as Pacific leaders meet in ...

The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the ...

The Cook Islands said Saturday it has struck a five-year agreement with China to cooperate in exploring and researching the ...

The Cook Islands said it has formalized cooperation pacts with China, including an action plan for a comprehensive strategic ...

Growing ties between Cook Islands and China, including a new comprehensive partnership agreement action plan detailed this ...

The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...

The Cook Islands has announced a controversial deal with China focusing on seabed mineral cooperation, stirring tensions with ...

President Trump seems more likely to support deep-sea mineral extraction than President Biden did. But do we need those ocean ...

Solar panel manufacturer First Solar has committed to excluding minerals mined from the deep seabed from its supply chain until sufficient scientific findings can assess the environmental risks ...

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“Drill baby, drill,” as Jones says. Some of the minerals on the list can be mined locally, such as sand and the vanadium that is proposed to be scraped from the seabed off Taranaki. Others on the list ...

As You Sow has subsequently withdrawn a shareholder proposal with the company that addressed the use of deep sea mined minerals. The news comes amid rumours that the seabed mining industry might get a ...