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The Deep Sea Mining Campaign, with other environmental NGOs, is asking why the world seems hellbent on mining the ocean floor...The waters around several Pacific nations have been at the forefront of the push to mine rare minerals that mining companies claim can be extracted with minimal damage t

The International Seabed Authority, the UN affiliated body set-up to organise, regulate and control all mineral-related activities in international waters, has been accused of getting in bed with sea bed mining companies. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The UK’s joint project with American military firm Lockheed Martin is the largest in the world but poses risks to deep sea ecosystems. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Although the potential effects of mining have been investigated for decades the ecology of these remote areas is still poorly understood. To what extent and timescale these ecosystems would be affected by, and could recover from, mining disturbance remains unclear.

Within the next decade, the deep-sea mining industry plans to send 300-tonne vehicles to harvest tens of thousands km2 of deep seafloor for minerals considered vital to the future of green technology. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Researchers will monitor the environmental effects of an industrial test to extract valuable metals from the Pacific sea floor. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The DSM industry and its regulators have the potential to select and optimize recognised and documented effective practices and adapt them, greatly improving the environmental performance of this new industry. Click on the link below to access the full article.