Dutch Court Orders Greenpeace Protesters Off Pacific Mining Ship

The Metals Company, accused protesters of endangering crew and breaking international law, welcomes the ruling.

Greenpeace activists have been ordered by a Dutch court to leave a deep-sea mining exploration ship, Coco, in the Pacific Ocean.
The Metals Company, which runs the ship, accused the protesters of endangering the crew and breaking international law.
Greenpeace began the protest a week ago to prevent the ship from deploying equipment in the water and to urge the company to leave.
The protest comes amid growing international demand for critical minerals found on the seafloor and increasing calls for more research into the environmental impacts of deep-sea mining.
The Metals Company has been conducting exploratory research in the Pacific since 2011 and plans to use data from their latest expedition to apply for mining in 2025.