Norway's minority government should withdraw its proposal to open a vast Arctic offshore area to deep sea mining and call at least a ten-year moratorium on the activity, its key backer in parliament, said.
to open a vast Arctic offshore area to deep sea mining and call at least a ten-year moratorium on the activity, its key backer in parliament, said.
The Labour-led government, which also includes the Centre Party, relies on a smaller leftwing party, the Socialist Left , for support to pass its budget and other key policies in parliament. "We would like to have a moratorium for at least ten years so that we can find out more before we start digging for minerals on the seabed," he added.
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