Mining Waste & Tailings Management

Introduction Switzerland, renowned for its neutrality and financial prowess, is once again the stage for a heated debate on corporate responsibility. The "Pour des multinationales responsables" initiative, relaunched in January 2025, builds on a 2020 effort that garnered popular support but failed at the cantonal level, resulting in a weak counterproposal focused on reporting rather than enforcement . This new...

Introduction In recent years, the world has witnessed an intensifying scramble to secure resources essential for renewable energy technologies, particularly metals like cobalt, nickel, and copper, which are pivotal for manufacturing electric vehicle batteries and solar panels. However, terrestrial mining operations have been mired in controversies over environmental degradation and human rights abuses. Deep-sea mining is posited by some as...

The Push for Underwater Riches Norway has earmarked approximately 281,000 square kilometers of its continental shelf for potential mining, targeting essential metals like cobalt and manganese which are pivotal for...

Unraveling Environmental Impacts Deep-sea mining at depths approaching 4,000 meters poses profound environmental issues, primarily due to sediment plumes that can devastate complex ecosystems largely unknown to science. Studies including...

The Big Turn: American Legislation and Donald Trump's Declarations The United States has just crossed a decisive threshold in regulating seabed mining. Under the Trump administration, speeches and legislative projects...