This Week in Deep-sea Mining: May 31, 2022

Headlines

The Week: All you need to know about Varaha-1, a seabed mining machine India is developing

Reuters: G7 countries say strict environmental rules needed for deep-sea mining

Eco-Business: Credit Suisse joins growing list of banks shunning deep-sea mining

Mining Dot Com: The Metals Company deep-water tests polymetallic nodule collector vehicle in Atlantic

Daily Beast: Deep Sea Mining May Uplift Clean Energy—and Curse Our Oceans

Automotive World: Volkswagen publishes Responsible Raw Materials Report 2021

The Week: Welcome on board Mission Samudrayaan, India’s daring deep-sea manned voyage

The Guardian: The race to protect the deep sea

Scientific American: The Navy Extracted a Jet Fighter from 12,400 Feet below the Surface of the South China Sea

Press Releases

ISA: Draft regional environmental management plan for the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge open for consultation until 3 June

ISA: Applications now open for seven internship opportunities with Ifremer

Papers

Marine Policy: Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

Diversity and Distributions: Delineating biogeographic regions in Indian Ocean deep-sea vents and implications for conservation

Marine Policy: Racing the clock: Recent developments and open environmental regulatory issues at the International Seabed Authority on the eve of deep-sea mining