A small leftwing environmentalist political party in Norway succeeded on Sunday in blocking plans to mine the sea bed at the ...

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

Norway has temporarily halted the licensing process to permit Arctic seabed mining for critical metals. Meanwhile the WWF's ...

Norway has hit pause on its plans to launch deep-sea mining in the Arctic Ocean, following mounting pressure from ...

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

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration against seabed mining outside the Norwegian Parliament building in Oslo, Norway on January 9, 2024. JAVAD PARSA / AFP The pressure ultimately proved ...

Norway has suspended plans to start giving licences for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition from environment groups and international institutions, a party allied with the centre ...

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

Norway has shelved plans to open a vast ocean area at the bottom of the Arctic for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. The decision, which was confirmed late Sunday, comes after the country's ...

"This is a crucial win in the fight against deep sea mining. It should be the nail in the coffin for the destructive industry," Frode Pleym, head of Greenpeace Norway, told Reuters. Oslo had plans ...