Deep Seabed Mining
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The last great unexplored wilderness on Earth is about to experience industrial-scale mining that could change the face of the pristine seabed of the deep ocean for generations to come, scientists have warned.
[ More ]Scientists have made an impassioned plea for humanity to pause and think before making a headlong rush to exploit the deep sea. The researchers said the oceans' lowest reaches had untold riches that could benefit mankind enormously, but not if the harvesting were done destructively.
[ More ]Brazil's national geological service (CPRM) has submitted to Jamaica-based International Seabed Authority (ISA) a working plan for the exploration of a cobalt-rich ferromanganese crust in international waters, the latter said in a release.
[ More ]New interest in the exploitation of seabed minerals has led to the revival of old concerns for the preservation of our oceans, argues Michael W. Lodge, Deputy to the Secretary-General and Legal Counsel of the International Seabed Authority.
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India has made its first ever claim before the International Seabed Authority (ISA) for the exploration of poly-metallic sulphide from the Mauritius seas.
[ More ]A project to dig minerals from the seabed off Papua New Guinea could signal a new era of mining in the world’s most remote and least understood environment, the deep sea. Mining companies are excited, ecologists are worried, and struggling island nations are watching with interest, as Ann Arnold writes.
[ More ]The depletion of resources on land together with the increase in resource demand and the parallel development in technologies for deep sea exploration have brought the issue of deep-sea mining to the forefront of political, industrial and scientific debate.
[ More ]The Australian-based Deep Sea Mining Campaign congratulated the Namibian Governments on its decision to place a moratorium on seabed mining.
[ More ]The author surveys the issues involved with deep seabed mining for valuable minerals like rare earth elements, and compares the risks to the current debate over hydraulic fracking.
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China has secured rights from the International Seabed Authority to explore and mine the seabed and is eager to begin mining operations but currently lacks the technological resources and expertise that its rivals possess.
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