Even in optimal scenarios, the activity would generate only $6.25 million in tax revenue for countries involved, says Planet ...

Ultimately, the economic advantages of deep seabed mining, most likely in the form of royalties paid to the Authority, are to be shared for the "benefit of mankind as a whole", with particular ...

A discussion of deep-sea mining of critical minerals on the ocean floor, the importance of critical minerals for the clean ...

There is widespread concern in the scientific community that a proposed new extractive industry -- deep seabed mining (DSM) -- would have an irreversible impact on delicately balanced deep ocean ...

OPPOSITION legislators on Friday tackled the Government on its arrangement with Blue Minerals Jamaica Limited, a company ...

Unfortunately, deep-sea ecosystems are under threat from seabed mining for minerals. Polymetallic nodules are considered ...

By Mark Hillsdon Among marine ecosystems, the capacity of mangroves, seagrass meadows and kelp forests to store carbon is ...

A growing controversy is swirling around deep-sea mining, which aims to extract valuable minerals from the ocean floor. In July, the UN-affiliated International Seabed Authority (ISA) will start ...

Ed Case (D, HI) introduced H.R.4536, a bill opposing the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining. “You can’t have it both ways,” said Konstantin Christoulakis ...

The Amsterdam District Court largely rejected a request by the deep sea mining company to issue an injunction, stating that it is "understandable" that Greenpeace International has resorted to ...

In addition to harvesting rocks (more formally called "polymetallic nodules") lying on the seabed, other deep-sea mining methods are more invasive, and involve digging down. The World Wide Fund ...

Should deep seabed mining (DSM) stop or proceed? The international community is now facing a difficult choice. No matter what decision is made, environmental consideration is the core of the issue.