EXPLORATION

NT ban on subsea mining comes into effect

THE Northern Territory has officially outlawed subsea mining.

A floating production storage vessel used for seabed mining operated by De Beers offshore Africa to mine diamonds.

A floating production storage vessel used for seabed mining operated by De Beers offshore Africa to mine diamonds.

  Legislation banning seabed mining was passed by the NT parliament and became law on August 4.  The move to ban seabed mining was announced in February and followed a moratorium that had been in...

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