Mining by country

Mining in the Cook Islands

Mining in the Cook Islands: the public figures we hold so far. No world production share, mine or listed company project is recorded here yet.

Mining in the Cook Islands at a glance

Mining law
Seabed Minerals Act 2019. Administered by the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority; three five-year nodule exploration licences were issued in 2022. Source: Congressional Research Service

Mining employment from the ILO usually counts all of mining and quarrying, often with oil and gas; national shares of GDP and exports are as each source defines them.

History of mining in the Cook Islands

What the ground holds. manganese nodules (cobalt, nickel, titanium, rare earths) Source: USGS

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Mining elsewhere in Oceania

AustraliaPapua New GuineaNew ZealandNew CaledoniaNauruPalauSolomon IslandsFijiFrench PolynesiaKiribati

World shares: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, latest year per mineral. Mineral rents, exports and governance: World Bank WDI and WGI. Trade: CEPII BACI. Projects: listed companies' announcements.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: The Big Hole by Rudolph Botha, CC BY-SA 3.0.