(Reuters) – Germany has called for a pause in the developing deep-sea mining industry, saying not enough is known about the likely impacts of mining the seabed for battery metals. The world’s fourth-biggest economy, Germany joins countries including New Zealand and France in calling for seabed mining exploration to stop until further research is done on environmental effects. German carmakers Volkswagen and BMW have previously said they would not buy metals mined from the seabed. The move by Germany is likely to change the dynamic of negotiations at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) ove…