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Friday, December 21, 2012

Environmental Uncertainties Halt PNG Deep Sea Mining

The world’s first deep sea mineral (DSM) mining venture in the Bismarck Sea off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea in the southwest Pacific has come to a halt after two years of development.

While the mining company is embroiled in a disagreement over project funding, unprecedented opposition by politicians, academics and local communities has focused on the unknown environmental and social impacts of this untried mineral extraction process.
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/environmental-uncertainties-halt-png-deep-sea-mining/562974

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