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Letter to Prime Minister Carney: Several Canadian organizations urge decisive action on unilateral deep-sea mining
The following letter was sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Joanne Thompson, Minister of Natural Resources Tim Hodgson, Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Julie Dabrusin, Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity Marc Miller, and Secretary of State (Nature) Natalie Provost by a group of concerned environmental organizations including MiningWatch Canada, Oceans North and Greenpeace Canada.
Governments leave ISA negotiations without promised ocean action
MEDIA RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 July 2025 SOURCE: DEEP SEA CONSERVATION COALITION We are rushing to prepare regulations atop a foundation of scientific uncertainty, in direct contradiction of our obligation under Article 145 of UNCLOS to protect the marine...
Letter to Prime Minister Carney: Canada’s Position on Deep Sea Mining
The following letter was sent to Prime Minister Marc Carney by 20 Canadian and international civil society organizations, coalitions, and unions, including MiningWatch Canada. The Right Honourable Mark Carney, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada Office of the Prime...
The Metals Company Goes Rogue in Desperate Move to Monetize the Deep Seabed
By Catherine Coumans, Asia Pacific Program Coordinator at MiningWatch Canada Background Vancouver based The Metals Company (TMC) holds concessions for exploration of polymetallic nodules in the Clarion Clipperton Zone, in Pacific international waters, granted to it...
Rogue industry actions signal urgent need to strengthen global governance through a moratorium on deep-sea mining
SOURCE: Deep Sea Conservation Coalition The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) urges governments to call for an immediate global moratorium on deep-sea mining to send an urgent political signal defending the ocean, multilateralism, and UNCLOS, following today’s...
Financial Desperation Is Driving TMC’s Reckless Push To Bypass International Law
SOURCE: Deep Sea Mining Campaign The Deep Sea Mining Campaign has condemned The Metals Company’s (TMC) announcement that it will seek deep-sea mining permits through the United States as a cynical, desperate attempt to stay afloat, not a credible step forward. “This...
Canada Declares it will not Support Proposals to Mine the Deep Seabed until Robust Regulations are in Place
Ottawa, ON – Today Canada declared that it will not support permits to mine the deep seabed until rigorous and effective regulations are in place to provide “effective protection of the marine environment.” Meetings began in Jamaica today at the International Seabed...
The Metals Company Loses Second Major Investor as Maersk Divests
Bad news mounts for the floundering would-be mining company The Metals Company (TMC) with The Wall Street Journal reporting the divestment of Danish shipping company Maersk. This follows the divestment last December by Norway’s largest private asset...
Canada Misses Opportunity to Join Global Leaders in Calling for a Moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining
Minister Wilkinson of Natural Resources and Minister Murray of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard issued a statement today on seabed mining that fails to align Canada with global calls for a moratorium on seabed mining in international waters. Canada’s...
Undercover video and scientist testimonies show deep sea mining tests tainted by pollution and flawed monitoring
Source: MiningWatch Canada, Deep Sea Mining Campaign, Greenpeace International Undercover footage of the latest deep sea mining tests in the Pacific Ocean shows the discharge of waste directly into the sea [1]. The tests were carried out between mid-September and...