Norway has shelved plans to open a vast ocean area at the bottom of the Arctic for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.

Norway has suspended plans to start giving licences for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition from environment ...

The Norwegian government’s plans to open up for mining on the sea floor have been shelved as part of a deal to get its budget ...

• Activists urge Norway to turn this pause into permanent legal protections for Arctic waters and join the global movement for a moratorium on deep-sea mining.

Government suspends plans to award first licenses after environmental party demands their withdrawal in return for budget ...

Norway’s plans to begin deep-sea mining in the Arctic were suspended on Sunday after a small leftist party demanded the ...

Norwegian chapter will have its day in court Thursday, after it sued Norway for opening up its seabed to mining before ...

"This is a crucial win in the fight against deep sea mining. It should be the nail in the coffin for the destructive industry," Frode Pleym, head of Greenpeace Norway, told Reuters. Oslo had plans ...

A small leftwing environmentalist political party in Norway succeeded on Sunday in blocking plans to mine the sea bed at the ...

Norway's government has decided not to proceed with deep-sea mining plans, following budget negotiations with the SV party, ...

Norway postpones issuing licenses for deep sea mineral mining due to environmental concerns, but the future of the project ...

Norway has decided not to advance its deep-sea mining plans, as confirmed by the SV party, a supporter of the minority centre ...