A nickel mine run by the Compania Guatemalteca de Niquel -a subsidiary of Swiss Solway Investment Group in El Estor in Guatemala, October 25, 2021. Photo: AFP
An environmental charity in Tonga says the Australian company BHP suspending nickel mining is a bad sign for deep sea mining.
It comes as the International Seabed Authority is in Kingston, Jamaica to discuss mining regulations in the high seas.
Pelenatita Kara, Deep Sea Mining coordinator for Civil Society Tonga, told RNZ Pacific's Caleb Fotheringham a global nickel oversupply would result in little economic benefits for Tonga if it decides to pursue deep sea mining.
