Governments are meeting in Jamaica to decide the future of one of mining’s most controversial frontiers: the deep ocean. As ...

In June, the United Nations approved a landmark treaty to preserve ocean biodiversity, seeming to augur a transformation in how countries and corporations do business on the high seas. But as the ...

Several countries united with campaign groups on Monday to call for caution in regulating the divisive practice of deep-sea mining at a meeting on the issue in Jamaica. Members of the International ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Jamaica Bauxite Mining Limited (JBM) will be undertaking a multi-million dollar commercial and industrial park development project in Lydford, St Ann, where the entity's main ...

Government officials and observers from around the world are convening in Jamaica Monday to discuss deep-sea mining at the 31st session of the International Seabed Authority. More than 40 governments, ...

Critical negotiations concerning the future of deep sea mining and mineral extraction kicked off Monday in Jamaica, as conservationists aim to rein in a nascent industry that so far lacks meaningful ...

While some member states of the International Seabed Authority are hoping to regulate deep sea mining, others share the concern of NGOs which oppose the practice at ...