Greenpeace International activists paint the word 'RISK!' on the starboard side of Normand Energy, a vessel chartered by the Belgian company Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR). Photo: © Marten van Dijl / Greenpeace
The head of a Canadian deep-sea mining start-up says it is now a question of when rather than if commercial-scale mining will happen.
The comment comes as the UN organisation in charge of deep-sea mining in international waters wraps up its meetings in Kingston Jamaica where it was agreed more time is needed before mining rules are adopted.
RNZ Pacific's Caleb Fotheringham has more.
