In January 2024, Norway's parliament opened the way to deep-sea mining and was planning to start issuing exploration licenses in 2025. But international scientists, environmental groups like ...

Earlier this year, Norway announced it would open more than 100,000 square miles of its territorial waters, and an extended continental shelf it claims, for deep sea mining.

Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its ...

Along Norway’s coastline, the rhythm of life slows in summer — shaped by the good weather and long hours of daylight.

Arctic seabed mining will cause ‘irreversible harm’ to wildlife – Greenpeace Environmental group is urging Norway to put its plans to open up Arctic seas to deep sea mining on hold.

Science | April 21, 2025. As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts. In the past, scientists, industry and government have ...

Since 2017, Norway has been considering the possibility of mining in the part of the Arctic Ocean set aside as its exclusive economic zone — specifically in an area comprising over 100,000 ...

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