Nauru has revised its commercial agreement with Canadian mining group The Metals Company for deep sea mining in international waters. The updated "sponsorship agreement" was announced in a press ...

Nauru's ambition to commercially mine the seabed is likely at risk following President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at fast-tracking ocean mining, anti-deep sea mining advocates warn.

The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru has requested approval for deep-sea mining plans for a subsidiary of The Metals Co, giving the U.N. International Seabed Authority (ISA) two years to decide on ...

April 14 (Reuters) - The Pacific island nation of Nauru and its roughly 11,000 residents are at the center of the increasingly contentious debate over whether the world's seabeds should be mined for ...

Nauru Island was once one of the wealthiest countries in the world, thanks to phosphate deposits. But it has been mined into oblivion, leaving the remote island nation struggling.

NEW YORK and NAURU - The Republic of Nauru and Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI), a subsidiary of TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC), have updated their 2017 Sponsorship Agreement to ensure ...

The South Pacific island of Nauru is the third smallest state in the world, behind the Vatican and Monaco. It has a territory of just 21 square kilometers (8 sq miles), with a population of around ...

June 29 (Reuters) - The tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru has notified a U.N. body of plans to start deep-sea mining, giving the International Seabed Authority (ISA) two years to complete ...