Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head ...

Rules on deep-sea mining in international waters must be driven by "sound science" and built on consensus, the head of the ...

Pressure on the International Seabed Authority (ISA) to finalize and adopt regulations for deep-sea mining is increasing.

Mining of polymetallic nodules from the seabed might lead to significant and long-lasting ecological changes -- both in the mined area, where surface sediments and the fauna living in and on it are ...

Despite opposition investors are still looking at deep-sea mining technology.

The site of a deep-sea mining test in 1979 had lower levels of biodiversity when researchers revisited it in 2023 compared ...

has been investigating the potential environmental impacts of deep-sea mining. Previous analyses of decade-old disturbance traces in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and the Peru Basin indicate that ...

Mr. Venugopal said the Centre’s decision to conduct offshore sand mining along the Kerala coast was driven by the sole objective of plundering the nation. “The decision to carry out deep-sea ...

The resolution said experts had also raised concerns that large-scale mining in deep-sea areas could lead to the destruction of corals, sea urchins and crabs, further threatening marine biodiversity.