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[https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072025/deep-sea-mining-negotiations-resume-amid-industry-pushback/ by Teresa Tomassoni 17/7/25 Inside Climate News] | [https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17072025/deep-sea-mining-negotiations-resume-amid-industry-pushback/ by Teresa Tomassoni 17/7/25 Inside Climate News] | ||
The three-week summit is dedicated to finalizing a long-debated set of rules known as the Mining Code that would govern how, when and where companies could extract cobalt, nickel and manganese from the ocean floor. These metals are often found in potato sized rock-like mineral deposits called polymetallic nodules. But progress towards adopting the code remains uncertain as critics raise mounting concerns about the harm the industry would cause to marine life. | The three-week summit is dedicated to finalizing a long-debated set of rules known as the Mining Code that would govern how, when and where companies could extract cobalt, nickel and manganese from the ocean floor. These metals are often found in potato sized rock-like mineral deposits called polymetallic nodules. But progress towards adopting the code remains uncertain as critics raise mounting concerns about the harm the industry would cause to marine life. | ||
=====Tailings Dams: Where Mining Waste is Stored Forever===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/tailings-dams-where-mining-waste-is-stored-forever/ by Gretchen Gavett 30/7/12 PBS NEWS] | |||
Imagine a big hole in the ground, similar to the one pictured above. Now imagine that pit filled with up to 10 billion tons of tailings — waste that’s derived from mining — that will remain there forever. | |||
