"Crunch Talks Due On Deep-Sea Mining Controversy"
"Controversial proposals to allow deep-sea mining will be centre-stage at global talks in Jamaica from Monday."
Source: BBC News, 07/12/2023
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"It’s Deadline Day for Deep-Sea Mining"
"The International Seabed Authority had until this weekend to finish drafting exploitation regulations for deep-sea mining. They’re not done. So now what happens?"
Source: Hakai, 07/10/2023
"Analysis: Race To The Bottom For Deep-Sea Minerals Centers On Tiny Nauru"
"The Pacific island nation of Nauru and its roughly 11,000 residents are at the center of the increasingly contentious debate over whether the world's seabeds should be mined for nickel and other green energy transition minerals."
Source: Reuters, 04/14/2023
Meeting Closes Without Resolving Whether Deep-Sea Mining Can Start In July
"As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence in the near future."
Source: Mongabay, 04/03/2023
Concerns Over Transparency And Access At Deep-Sea Mining Negotiations
"Delegates of the International Seabed Authority are currently meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, to negotiate a set of rules that would pave the way for a controversial activity: mining the seabed for coveted minerals like manganese, nickel, copper, cobalt and zinc. But scientists and conservationists say there are considerable transparency issues at the meetings that are restricting access to key information and hampering interactions between member states and civil society."
Source: Mongabay, 07/29/2022
"Govts Turn Against Deep-Sea Mining as EV Boom Drives Demand for Metals"
"As battery makers scramble to procure cobalt, nickel and other metals to meet rising consumer demand for electric cars, governmental opposition to strip-mining the seabed for minerals is mounting."
Source: Bloomberg, 07/19/2022
Deep Sea Gold Rush Raises Questions About Protection Authority
"The startup’s pitch was simple and cinematic: The mining company would send large robots to explore the bottom of the ocean and harvest minerals millions of years old that could be used to make electric car batteries."
Source: LA Times, 04/20/2022
UN Ocean Treaty Is ‘Once In A Lifetime’ Chance To Protect The High Seas
"The world has a “once in a lifetime” chance to protect the high seas from exploitation, warned scientists and environmentalists, as negotiators meet at the UN headquarters in New York this week to hammer out a new treaty on the oceans."
Source: Guardian, 03/11/2022
Race To The Bottom: Disastrous Blindfolded Rush To Mine The Deep Sea
"One of the largest mining operations ever seen on Earth aims to despoil an ocean we are only barely beginning to understand".
Source: Guardian, 09/28/2021
Canadian Miner Looms Large As Nauru Expedites Key Deep-Sea Mining Rules
"Nauru, which sponsors a company to mine the seabed for minerals in ungoverned waters, has triggered a rule with the International Seabed Authority that requires it to allow seabed mining in two years, regardless of whether regulations have been written."
Source: Mongabay, 07/28/2021
