{"id":1136775,"date":"2019-09-05T17:44:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T22:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1001264"},"modified":"2019-09-05T17:44:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T22:44:36","slug":"10-year-moratorium-on-deep-sea-mining-in-png-not-enough-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1136775","title":{"rendered":"10-year moratorium on deep sea mining in PNG not enough \u2013 activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime minister James Marape has agreed to support a 10-year moratorium on deep sea mining, first proposed by Fiji at the recent Pacific Islands Forum.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The news was welcomed by a number of environmental groups, including the PNG Council of Churches. But for them a moratorium is not enough. They want a total ban on deep sea mining due to the environmental, social and economic risks of seabed mining.<\/p>\n<p>Nautilus Minerals\u00a0of Toronto has been trying for decades to get its proposed Solwara I project up (or down) and running in the Bismarck Sea. The company\u2019s fortunes have been up and down, but what may well be the final blow was dealt in May 2018 when\u00a0Anglo American\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/nautilus-minerals-plans-to-mine-the-seafloor-sink-deeper\/\">pulled out of the project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The PNG government has lost its investment, too. At one point it purchased a 15% equity position in the project.<\/p>\n<p>Nautilus is currently the subject of court proceedings under the Companies\u2019 Creditors Arrangement Act.<\/p>\n<p><em>(This article first appeared in the&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianminingjournal.com\/\" ><em>Canadian Mining Journal<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/10-year-moratorium-on-deep-sea-mining-in-png-not-enough-activists\/\">10-year moratorium on deep sea mining in PNG not enough \u2013 activists<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/\">MINING.COM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nautilus Minerals has been trying for decades to get its proposed Solwara I project up (or down) and running in the Bismarck Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/10-year-moratorium-on-deep-sea-mining-in-png-not-enough-activists\/\">10-year moratorium on deep sea mining in PNG not enough &ndash; 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