Six African countries now support calls for a precautionary pause or moratorium on deep-sea mining, as concerns grow over the environmental and economic risks of extracting critical minerals from the ocean floor, particularly while vast mineral reserves on the continent remain unexplored

Three more African countries have joined calls for a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining until the environmental, social and economic impacts of such mining are better…

Six African countries now support calls for a precautionary pause or moratorium on deep-sea mining, as concerns grow over the environmental and economic risks of extracting…