As part of negotiations on the budget bill, the Socialist Left party obtained a temporary suspension on commercial-scale deep-sea mining. It's a victory for NGOs, who are now calling for a moratorium.

Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining. Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine 280,000 sq km (108,000 sq miles) of its waters for precious metals - an area bigger than the size of the UK.

Norway has shelved plans to open a vast ocean area at the bottom of the Arctic for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.