Deep-sea mine to leave less impact than land counterparts

One of the world’s most advanced deep-sea mining projects will leave a substantially smaller social and environmental impact than three comparable terrestrial mines, an independent study has found

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Solwara 1 is being compared to land-based counterparts

Nautilus Minerals commissioned American consultancy Earth Economics to conduct the study, which compared the proposed Solwara 1 project with Bingham Canyon in Utah, Prominent Hill in South Australia

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