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And in 2022, the Cook Islands gave out three licences to companies to start exploring the possibility of deep-sea mining. They're now working with scientists in researching the environmental impact.
Nautilus Minerals is a Canadian deep-sea mining company. [44] The project was approved in January 2011, by PNG's Minister for Mining, John Pundari. [44] The company leased a portion of the seabed in the Bismarck Sea. [47] The lease licensed access to 59 square kilometers. Nautilus was allowed to mine to a depth of 1,600 meters for a period of ...
More than 20 countries have come out in support of a moratorium or outright ban on deep-sea mining. And dozens of companies, like Microsoft, Google, and BMW, have promised they won’t use deep ...
Mining companies interested in deep sea exploitation are partnering with countries to help them get exploration licenses. More than 30 exploration licenses have been issued so far, with activity ...
Seabed mining, also known as Seafloor mining [1] is the recovery of minerals from the seabed by techniques of underwater mining. The concept includes mining at shallow depths on the continental shelf and deep-sea mining at greater depths associated with tectonic activity, hydrothermal vents and the abyssal plains .
TMC the metals company Inc., [1] doing business as The Metals Company, formerly DeepGreen Metals, is a Canadian deep sea mining exploration company. [2] The company focuses on the mining of polymetallic (nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese) nodules [ 3 ] [ 4 ] in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific.
The International Seabed Authority is working to set regulations for deep-sea mining as companies engaged in the clean energy transition clamor for more minerals. The seafloor, especially in parts ...
A U.N. agency tasked with regulating the deep sea is debating whether to open the Earth’s watery depths to countries and companies that as of Monday were allowed to start applying for ...