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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