sea bed mining
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, in response to several questions from constituents, is providing the following update that continues her call for a moratorium on deep seabed mining near American Samoa, and her ongoing reasons for opposing.
“I want to emphasize several key points as the federal...
Dear Honorable Governor,
My name is Elijah Taua, a twelfth grade honor student at Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School, and I am writing to you to respectfully share my thoughts and concerns about seabed mining in American Samoa. Seabed mining means taking minerals and metals from the bottom of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. agency responsible for overseeing deep-sea mining in federal waters is preparing to auction off seabed blocks within months — a step that could kick-start commercial-scale deep-sea mining and make the U.S. one of the first countries to allow it.
Deep-sea mining...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A group representing the mining sector insists the decision declining plans to mine the Taranaki seabed is not final.
While the fast-track approvals panel turned down Trans-Tasman Resources' (TTR) bid to mine 50 million tonnes a year, for 30 years, in the South Taranaki...
Washington, D.C. (June 13, 2025) — In response to the Department of the Interior’s announcement yesterday of the publication of a Request for Information and Interest to explore the potential for seabed mineral leasing offshore American Samoa, Arlo Hemphill, Greenpeace USA’s Deep Sea Mining...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is correcting a misunderstanding that reopening some waters to fishing somehow may have caused the seabed mining issue, in a press release, dated Saturday, June 7, 2025.
“In fact, the two executive orders by the President are separate, and...
WASHINGTON — Advancing President Donald J. Trump's strategic focus on domestic critical mineral development, the Department of the Interior on Tuesday announced it is initiating the process to evaluate a potential mineral lease sale in the waters offshore American Samoa.
This marks the first such...