Ocean Floor a Prime Target of Mining Industry
June 07, 2012 9:20 AM
There has been a new call for the incoming government in Papua New Guinea to stop the Canadian mining company Nautilus from going ahead with a deep sea mining project. Conservationists say most mining projects in the country have been an environmental disaster. In recent years, there has been a rush by companies to explore the sea floor for concentrated deposits of valuable minerals found around hydrothermal vents.
Ocean Floor a Prime Target of Mining Industry
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