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The Metals Company contracts CSIRO-led consortium to develop environmental monitoring and management plan for deep-sea nodule collection

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The California Seabed Mining Prevention Act is wending its way through the legislature ( earlier post ), and the Federated States of Micronesia is joining Samoa, Fiji and Palau in calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining. The Metals Company (TMC) announced that its Australian subsidiary, The Metals Company Australia Pty Ltd.,

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IEEE Humanitarian Program Sees Record Growth

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events last year, including the Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs and the Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Community Conference. MANY FIRSTS The committee held its first Global Summit in November. The committee also for the first time awarded funding for projects in Fiji and Spain.

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