Norway to award Arctic blocks for seabed mining in 2025

Norway may become the first country in the world to start commercial deepsea mining, hoping to extract minerals needed for solar panels, wind turbines and electric car batteries

By: The Globe and Mail

Jul 02 2024
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Norway to award Arctic blocks

Norway offered large areas of the Arctic region for its inaugural seabed mineral licensing round on Wednesday and aims to award exploration permits during the first half of 2025, the country’s energy ministry said.
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