"We are as ready now as before to be awarded licences on the Norwegian continental shelf. We will be around for many years," Green Minerals chief executive Oivind Dahl-Stamnes insisted. Those in ...

We will be around for many years," Green Minerals chief executive Oivind Dahl-Stamnes insisted. Those in favour see deep-sea mining as a way of obtaining minerals and metals needed for the ...

Einar Tangen, senior fellow at Beijing-based think tank Taihe Institute, says US "bullying" will not put China on the brink of collapse, but instead push Chinese people to unite around their ...

Companies are raring to explore the Arctic seabed off Norway, which could become the first country in Europe to allow deep-sea mining -- much to the dismay of environmentalists.