Communications regarding review of Deep Sea Mining
Dear University of Queensland,
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) seeking production of documents pertaining to Professor Saleem Ali, Honorary Professor
Sustainable Minerals Institute, and former Director of the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining.
I seek all email correspondence - including attachments, CC and BCC, of the above former employee with email addresses containing the following domains, email addresses and which also contain the following keywords.
Email domains:
@metals.co
@deep.green
Email addresses:
[email address]
[email address]
[email address]
Keywords:
"TMC" or The Metals Company"
"DSM or Deep Sea Mining"
"polymetallic nodules"
"Clarion-Clipperton Zone" or "CCZ"
Please limit the time frame for this request from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2023.
Pease narrow the search results to exclude any published papers, news articles, organizational newsletters or other widely available published material.
I request that you disclose these documents and materials as they become available to you, without waiting until all the documents have been assembled.
Yours faithfully,
Natasha
Dear Natasha
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form. However, the request is currently non-compliant as you have not paid
the RTI application fee of $55.75.
I understand you are seeking access to the following:
…documents pertaining to Professor Saleem Ali, Honorary Professor
Sustainable Minerals Institute, and former Director of the Centre for
Social Responsibility in Mining.
I seek all email correspondence - including attachments, CC and BCC, of
the above former employee with email addresses containing the following
domains, email addresses and which also contain the following keywords.
Email domains:
@metals.co
@deep.green
Email addresses:
[4][email address]
[5][email address]
[6][email address]
Keywords:
"TMC" or The Metals Company"
"DSM or Deep Sea Mining"
"polymetallic nodules"
"Clarion-Clipperton Zone" or "CCZ"
Timeframe: January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2023
If you would like to proceed with this request, you can pay the
application fee via our[7] application fee payment page.
Please let me know if you have any questions or issues paying the
application fee. Please note, if I do not receive a response to this
request by 13 June 2025, we will refuse to deal with your request on the
basis of non-compliance.
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Tara Mainwaring
Governance & Risk Division
The University of Queensland
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to their Ancestors and their descendants, who continue cultural and
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contributions to Australian and global society.
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