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Deep-sea mining: Norway suspends controversial plan

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82% Informative

Norway had planned to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.

The deep sea is home to minerals such as lithium, scandium and cobalt.

The EU and UK have called for a temporary ban on the practice due to concerns about environmental damage.

VR Score

84

Informative language

82

Neutral language

74

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

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not offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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2

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