Coastal communities in Papua New Guinea’s New Ireland province rely on the sea for their livelihoods and culture. But Solwara 1, a resurgent deep-sea mining project aimed at sourcing metals from the ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The government of Papua New Guinea appears poised to approve Solwara 1, a long-in-development deep-sea mining project in the country’s waters.
Michael Main was one of ten independent expert reviewers of the Environmental Impact Statement for the Sepik Development Project and advises on resource extraction projects in the Pacific. The COVID ...
A recent study published in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering explored advanced path-planning and obstacle-avoidance strategies for deep-sea mining vehicles using an improved Rapidly-exploring ...