Norway suspends deep-sea mining projects

Norway hits pause on controversial deep-sea mining plans
Norway has shelved plans to open a vast ocean area at the bottom of the Arctic for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.
Norway suspends deep-sea mining projects: govt allies
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Norway halts deep-sea mining plans
Government suspends plans to award first licenses after environmental party demands their withdrawal in return for budget endorsement
Norway stops deep-sea mining, for now
A small leftwing environmentalist political party in Norway succeeded on Sunday in blocking plans to mine the sea bed at the bottom of the Arctic, by demanding the government scrap its first licensing round in return for support for the budget.
Norway suspends controversial deep-sea mining plan
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 waters for precious metals - an area bigger than the size of the UK.
Norway halts initial deep-sea mining exploration permits
The government, however, intends to continue preparatory work, including the regulations development and environmental impacts assessment.
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Norway to stop deep-sea mining, says party supporting minority government
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway will not proceed with plans to conduct deep-sea mining, the SV party which supports the minority centre-left government said on Sunday, after it concluded negotiations over ...
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Norway suspends deep-sea mining projects, government ally says
Norway has suspended plans to open its waters to deep-sea mining next year, which triggered controversy and a lawsuit by environmental group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), a party allied with ...