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Growing opposition to China’s plan to strip-mine seabed

Greenpeace activists protest against deep-sea mining in Prague, Czech Republic on June 1. (Photo: Reuters)

BERKELEY: In an international showdown that is pitting China against dozens of other nations, one company’s quest to strip-mine the seabed for valuable metals has hit a roadblock.

Friday marked the conclusion of three weeks of tense meetings at the International Seabed Authority (ISA), a United Nations-affiliated organisation that regulates the nascent deep-sea mining industry. The ISA’s 36-nation policymaking body, known as the Council, convened at ISA headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, to discuss whether the…

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