Leaders warn race for minerals could turn seabed into 'wild west'
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 () Nice, France (AFP) June 9, 2025
World leaders on Monday called for strict rules to govern deep-sea mining and warned against racing to exploit the ocean floor in a thinly veiled rebuke of US President Donald Trump. Growing anxiety over Trump's unilateral push to fast-track deep-sea mining in international waters shot to the surface at the opening of the UN Ocean Conference in southern France. "I think it's madness to l
Tuesday, 10 June 2025 ()
Nice, France (AFP) June 9, 2025