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China Carefully Assembling a Deep-Sea Mining Strategy
- On June 9, 2025, in Nice, France, Prime Minister James Marape declared that Papua New Guinea opposes extracting minerals from the seabed beneath its national waters.
- This follows PNG’s August 24, 2023, joint declaration with Melanesian leaders to reject seabed mining due to insufficient scientific evidence on environmental safety.
- The moratorium on projects like Solwara 1 remains because studies must prove mining can be done without harming ecosystems, as Marape emphasized on August 28, 2023.
- China holds five contracts from the International Seabed Authority and intends to conduct an experimental operation involving seabed nodules in 2024, although experts indicate its technological capabilities lag behind Canadian competitors by two to five years.
- PNG’s stance highlights regional caution toward seabed mining amid growing global interest driven by electric vehicle metals, while China pursues a long-term strategic approach.
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