Simon Holmström

🌊 Next week, countries meet again to decide the future of the #DeepSea. 👉Yet, many of the #DeepSeaMining claims are myths.

That’s why we’re launching a series of material to cut through the hype and bring science, economics & facts back into the debate. 🌍💰

#KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep

Trans-Tasman Resources rejects the Fast Track panel's findings - but the evidence against seabed mining is crystal clear - Greenpeace Aotearoa Trans-Tasman Resources has withdrawn its Fast Track application to mine the seabed off Taranaki. Read the evidence of the experts who submitted for Greenpeace on how seabed mining would impact marine ...

🌊 Another day, another #DeepSeaMining reality check.

A New Zealand panel recently said no to mining off Taranaki. The company disagrees… but facts and science remain stubborn things. 🐋🌏💙@greenpeace.org
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed #Aotearoa

Ocean campaigners urge EU to stick to deep-sea mining moratorium | Euractiv Warning comes after the head of the International Seabed Authority lobbied officials in Brussels

#EU, don’t let bullies bend your compass! 🌊🛑 Let’s not cave just because someone’s got a loud voice and a bigger wallet.

Cited in @euractiv.com urging the EU to stick to the #DeepSeaMining moratorium. #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed

International Seabed Authority chief urges EU to back deep-sea mining rules | Euractiv Leticia Reis de Carvalho warns high seas at risk without swift agreement

Spilled some coffee today when I realised the #ISA leadership now doing a full-on roadshow to sell the #EU a #DeepSeaMining code… 🤿💰 All this without the science and so many unresolved questions. 📉🌊

Being bullied by the US? That’s not EU leadership. 🐙⚖️🌍 #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed

The retreating #Arctic ice sheet is not an invitation to rush in. ❗

Happy to have been invited to the #ArcticFrontiers to talk about why the Arctic needs a pause on #DeepSeaMining. 🌊We cannot afford to open a new frontier for escalation. #KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep

The hidden money behind deep-sea mining A DW investigation traces the hidden financial web behind deep-sea mining — an industry scientists say remains poorly understood, yet capable of causing irreversible harm to oceans worldwide.

🌊🕵️‍♂️ The #DeepSea is full of mysteries… and so is the money behind trying to mine it. Hidden deals, secret investors and an ocean on the line. 💰🐙 Now some of that murky world has been exposed by @serdar-vardar.bsky.social. #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep

Delayed Anthropocene in the deep-sea biosphere: a last paradise soon lost? Abstract. The deep sea remains a last paradise and the place of minimal human impacts compared with other ecosystems. However, this pristine status is rapi

✨The #DeepSea lives in a "delayed Anthropocene".⏳
Less touched, less altered - a rare exception on a changed planet.🌍

But that window is closing.

#DeepSeaMining and marine carbon dioxide removal #mCDR could soon rewrite this story. 🛑

🌊 For once, we still have time to choose care over damage.

#wildwest #deepsea #deepseamining #commonheritageofhumankind #trump #tmc #isa #unclos #multilateralism #moratorium #marineprotection #internationallaw #noaa #precautionaryprinciple #oceanpolicy… | Sim... 🌊💥 The #WildWest of the #DeepSea 💥🌊 What we feared… has happened. Today, the US streamlined its #DeepSeaMining permit process, allowing companies to apply for exploration AND extraction at the same ...

The #Trump administration is signaling once again that rules, caution and global cooperation don’t matter. Now it's the #DeepSea that is on the line. Time to #KeepItInTheSeabed and #DefendTheDeep!

What next for the High Seas Treaty as it enters into force? Here’s what you need to know about the first international agreement focused on protecting marine biodiversity in international waters

For the first time ever, we finally have real rules for the ocean’s “Wild West”. It’s legally binding as of last weekend, and the real work is just getting started. Treaty unlocked - now let’s make it count! 💙📜 #HighSeas #BBNJ #BBNJAgreement #OceanTreaty #HighSeasTreaty #BlueLeaders

Time for #Belgium to step up its game in order to become a true #BlueLeader!

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Measure to ban deep-sea mining vessels from Guam waters, ports Guam legislators are moving to block deep-sea mining operations from using the island's ports and waters, introducing a bill that would prohibit mining equipment and vessels from entering territorial ...

🚫⚓ Guam says no thanks to #DeepSeaMining motherships dropping anchor in their waters and ports! They are right! This island isn’t a playground for seabed extractors 🚢❌. Time to show some love for reefs, fishers and future generations! 🐟 #KeepItInTheSeabed #HowDeepIsYourLove #Moratorium

Norway pauses deep-sea mining; Greenland considering ban Norway’s newly elected government has made a deal to postpone deep-sea mining in the near term.

Norway hits pause ⏸️ on #DeepSeaMining, Greenland considers a ban 🚫🌊

Turns out mining deep ocean isn’t "inevitable" after all. Funny that.

The tide is turning 🌍💙
#ProtectTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed #PrecautionaryPrinciple

UN experts commend Norway decision to postpone deep-sea mining licensing GENEVA – Norway’s decision to halt the issuance of any deep-sea mining licences until at least the end of 2029 and to withhold all public funds for such activities – a move endorsed by the Parliament ...

🌊 #Norway hits pause on #DeepSeaMining till 2029 and gets a UN thumbs-up. 👍

🌍✋ Special rapporteurs write in a statement that this is a win for the ocean, human rights and future generations. 💪🐙

Thanks to @astridpuentes.bsky.social et al.

#KeepItInTheSeabed #DefendTheDeep #Moratorium

Reclaiming Authority: Forcing Seabed Mining Contractors to Choose between the ISA and the USA Vouloir le beurre et l’argent du beurre Aspiring Canadian mining firm, The Metals Company, Inc. (TMC), through its wholly-owned subsidiaries (p. 10) Nauru Ocean Resources, Inc. (NORI), Tonga Offshore ...

The #DeepSeaMining company #TMC is trying to get both #ISA and US approval for activities in international waters. It's like trying to play football with two referees at once ⚽🌊 Spoiler: the rules won’t bend in your favor. 🌊 Because sorry, the #Seabed isn’t a loophole playground.

📢 New release: A Vision for fair, low-impact fisheries in Europe🌊shaped by fishers, scientists & civil society. We urge Commissioner Costas Kadis to take inspiration & bold action to drive a just transition for #OurOcean💙
#RethinkFisheries #PressRelease #Agrifish
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One third of animals are gone after a #DeepSeaMining test. 🐙

I'm commenting the new findings to Swedish newspaper @dagensnyheter.bsky.social today. The results show just how fragile #DeepSea ecosystems are. This is not an acceptable impact, it’s a clear warning sign. #DefendTheDeep

🌊 Big win for the ocean! #Norway hits pause on #DeepSeaMining giving the #DeepSea a much-needed breather. This shows the tide is turning. Let’s make this pause permanent and protect one of Earth’s last wild frontiers. 💙🛑
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed

International splittelse om dybhavsminedrift Forskere og miljøorganisationer advarer om, at dybhavsminedrift kan forårsage uoprettelig skade på havmiljøet og biodiversiteten. Men store dele af minebranchen samt nogle lande er af den opfattelse, ...

Honoured to be cited by Greenlandic media on #DeepSeaMining 🌊

For places like #Greenland that respect international law, this debate isn’t abstract - it’s about protecting our ocean, biodiversity, and the rules that safeguard global trust. #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed

New Deep-Sea Coral Found Living on Nodules Targeted for Mining - environment coastal & offshore An international research team led by Dr. Guadalupe Bribiesca-Contreras from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Senckenberg scientist Dr. Nadia Santodomingo has discovered a new species of deep-sea coral that lives attached to polymetallic nodules

🌊🪸 Just when they thought the #DeepSea was a barren "desert": scientists find a brand new species clinging to metal #nodules that mining companies want to scoop up 💔🧪🌑 #DefendTheDeep #StopDeepSeaMining 🐚💙

#deepseamining #blackmailpolitics #circulareconomy #batterytech #demandreduction | Simon Holmström The #DeepSeaMining debate in Norway just took a wild turn. 🚀 One of Norway’s leading companies is now threatening to leave the country and shift operations to the US or elsewhere if they don’t get t...

#DeepSeaMining in Norway just got wild 🚀

A top company threatens to leave if it doesn’t get permission. Let’s call it what it is: #BlackmailPolitics 💬

Yet Europe says no 🌍 #CircularEconomy #BatteryTech #DemandReduction

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DSM Technical/Economic Feasibility Report — NOPC - National Ocean Protection Coalition

So… the new report on #DeepSeaMining outside American #Samoa basically says the quiet part out loud: the tech doesn’t work, the economics don’t work, and the strategy is 🤷. Turns out the real abyss isn’t the ocean floor, it’s the business model. Time to #KeepItInTheSeabed and #DefendTheDeep.

A Cambridge piece calls out the #ISA: the #DeepSea watchdog acts more like a deep-sea yes-man. Weak accountability, murky decisions and a habit of overlooking its own environmental duties… not ideal for managing humanity’s #CommonHeritage. 🌊👀 Maybe before mining the seabed, let's find a backbone.

🌊 Big wave alert! The @europarl.europa.eu just adopted its stance on the European #BBNJ Directive, turning global ocean promises into concrete action.

📢 Momentum for the ocean is here, Let's ride it, not wreck it.

#OceanProtection #HighSeas #DefendTheDeep

Deep-sea mining discharge can disrupt midwater food webs - Nature Communications Deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone may release waste into midwaters that support diverse marine life. This study finds such discharges could dilute key food particles and disrupt trophic l...

Turns out the mid‑ocean’s buffet is at risk 🍽️. New research shows the #DeepSeaMining plume dilutes the nutritional base of the food web. Bigger particles that feed zooplankton & micronekton get replaced by waste. Harsh consequences for the creatures riding the ocean column. Time to #DefendTheDeep. 🐬

In the depths of the ocean, a new contest between the US and China emerges Around the Cook Islands, the world’s two most powerful countries are exploring the possibility of deep-sea mining for critical minerals

The U.S. and China are racing to the bottom - literally. 🌊 #CookIslands caught in the middle, with #DeepSeaMining impacts risking marine ecosystems. This a test of whether we’ve learned anything from history. @theguardian.com covers this well today. Let's #DefendTheDeep.

The #ArcticCircleAssembly Ocean plenary sent a clear message on #DeepSeaMining 🌊: We know too little about the #DeepSea and once the damage is done, it may be irreversible. ❌ Let’s choose wisdom over haste and apply a #moratorium. 💙🪸 That is the only way to #DefendTheDeep.

The #Arctic is warming fast and so is the geopolitics. 🧊⚠️
As nations eye new shipping routes and #DeepSea resources, fragile marine ecosystems risk becoming collateral damage. Happy to be in #Reykjavik with colleagues to raise awareness of ocean action at the #ArcticCircleAssembly.

Policy brief: Why Arctic states must protect the deep - Seas At Risk Interest in the Arctic’s natural resources is growing, including its deep-sea mineral resources. Two Arctic countries are moving ahead with plans for deep-sea mining, Norway and the U.S., despite moun...

An unproven industry is eyeing the Arctic: #DeepSeaMining. 🌊⚒️ Fortunately, global momentum for a halt is growing. 🪸 As the Arctic Circle Assembly begins, see this new policy brief which explains why Arctic states should #DefendTheDeep. @seasatrisk.bsky.social 💡

Bare 2 av 10 vil åpne for gruver på havbunnen Flertallet er klart imot gruvedrift på havbunnen, viser en undersøkelse. Blant Aps egne velgere er det enda mindre populært.

Out today: 🧐 Only 20% of Norwegians want #DeepSeaMining. Quite a few more want to "fjord-get it"!
Time for the upcoming government to stop digging where there’s no public support - and let the #DeepSea rest. 🌊
#DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed 🐬

#donaldtrump #deepseamining #speculation #pirates #unclos #shortsqueeze #freecashflow #balancesheet #dsm #nautilusminerals | Simon Holmström Stock Analysis: The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) 🎢 The stock surged again to a 52 week high based on #DonaldTrump reported having talks with another Canadian mining company. Speculative investors rus...

#TheMetalsCompany is a textbook case of speculative overreach: a penny stock that has inflated on political noise, risky legal bets and illusions. Ready my analysis on the #DeepSeaMining company here.