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Nauru's government is being urged to halt its reported push to allow deep sea mining in international waters by 2024. A media report on Saturday claimed the Pacific Island government was intending this week to ask the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to fast-track the adoption of seabed mining regulations. The regulations are still under consultation but Nauru's request would invoke a so-called 'two-year rule' and compel the ISA to allow seabed mining to go ahead within two years,
