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From the Editor: Setting standards, breaking records, and a haunted deep-sea...
Last week, delegates met in Pretoria, South Africa to continue developing standards and guidelines for the mining code and discuss how to...
Technology
Krypton Ocean: big vision and small steps towards mining the seafloor.
One of the fascinating aspects of the deep-sea mining community is how much history is shared among contractors. Nautilus Minerals, GSR, DeepGreen,...
Policy Spotlight
Trying to Grasp the Financial Model
The Financial Model, the mechanism by which the ideals built
into the founding principles of the ISA—that mineral resources in the high seas
are...
Industry Releases
DeepGreen closer to ocean mining battery metals after Swiss cash injection
Cecilia Jamasmie for Mining Com | 10 June 2019
Canada’s DeepGreen Metals, a start-up planning to extract...
Regulating deep sea mining
Secretary-General Micael Lodge for the Economist | 2 April 2019
Deep sea mineral exploration is one of the most...
This is what a planet-wide network of ocean sanctuaries could look like
Emma Charleton for World Economic Forum | 10 April 2019
What comes to mind when you think of...
Directors exit seabed mining company
Radio New Zealand | 9 April 2019
Last week, Nautilus Minerals had its common shares delisted from the...
First ever high-seas conservation treaty would protect life in international waters
Alex Fox for Science | 3 April 2019
No flag can claim the high seas, but many nations...
PNG seabed mining company delisted from stock exchange
Radio New Zealand | 1 April 2019
The company behind a troubled deep sea mining project in Papua...
Deep-sea mining: regulating the unknown
Amber Cobley for The Ecologist | 15 March 2019
If you ask someone to describe the deep sea, the...
Bus-size robot set to vacuum up valuable metals from the deep sea
Paul Voosen for Science | 14 March 2019
Sometimes the sailors' myths aren't far off: The deep ocean really...
Deep seabed mining: key questions
Jessica Aldred for chinadialogue ocean | 26 February 2019
What is deep sea mining?
It’s...
The future of deep seabed mining
Jessica Aldred for chinadialogue ocean | 24 February 2019
It’s one of the coldest, darkest places on earth,...
The perils of mining the deep
Matthew Gianni and Sian Owen for The Economist World Ocean Initiative | 11 February 2019
The deep seabed...
Species threatened by deep-sea mining
Ned Pennant-Rea for chinadialogue ocean | 28 February 2019
The UN has described the deep sea as “the...
Environment
What’s next for deep-sea mining in 2019?
1. Outcomes from the LTC. In the next few weeks, the Legal and Technical Committee will release their draft regulations for mining...
Science Briefs
Advanced spatial planning models could promise new era of sustainable ocean...
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY | 5 March 2018
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Earth's vast oceans brim with potential for commercial activities ranging from tourism to shipping to...
"I think this is a particularly useful approach when we think of new and emerging uses," Sarah Lester said. "There's a trend toward new ocean industries -- whether it's aquaculture, alternative energy or deep sea mining -- that could make great use of this approach."
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