Norway is planning to obtain government position to deep-sea mine for battery metals, sparking debates and calls for caution across NGO organisations
Norway is preparing to open an area of ocean nearly the size of Germany to use for deep-sea mining, as it becomes one of the first countries to extract battery metals from the sea floor. In the race for critical mineral sourcing, Norway wants to get ahead of the curve and is preparing plans to submit to the Norwegian parliament, pending approval.
Polymetallic nodules have been found on the seafloor at depths of aroun
