Norway has shelved plans to open a vast ocean area at the bottom of the Arctic for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.

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Norway has suspended plans to start giving licences for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition from environment ...

Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. Oslo had planned to ...

Norway's government reached an agreement with a small progressive party to not mine in the Arctic in exchange for it ...

Norway postpones issuing licenses for deep sea mineral mining due to environmental concerns, but the future of the project ...

In a victory for environmental activists, Norway’s socialist lawmakers have temporarily halted the country’s plans to move ...

The Norwegian government’s plans to open up for mining on the sea floor have been shelved as part of a deal to get its budget ...

• Activists urge Norway to turn this pause into permanent legal protections for Arctic waters and join the global movement for a moratorium on deep-sea mining.

Norway agreed on Sunday to stop the first round of licensing for Arctic deep-sea mining following pressure from the Socialist ...

Government suspends plans to award first licenses after environmental party demands their withdrawal in return for budget endorsement ...

Norway wants to open its Arctic seabed to mining for critical metals. Critics fear harm to fragile marine ecosystems. The WWF ...