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13 May 2015 Landmark Lawsuit Challenges U.S. Approval of Deep-sea Mineral Mining New Ocean Gold Rush Could Hurt Marine Life Before Impacts Are Known Center for Biological Diversity Media Release DOWNLOAD LAWSUIT SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. governme

  CIA Cover Story Gives Birth to Deep Ocean Mining DC Bureau – Natural Resources News Service March 10th, 2014 By Robert Thomason Resting deep on the seabed of the Pacific are two symbols of oceanic politics, one decaying as time ticks by; the other slowly growing at a pace

  Development of deep-seabed mining rules under way Mining Weekly Schalk Burger 28 Feb 2014 In its 2014 session, held in February, world regulatory body the International Seabed Authority’s (ISA’s) Legal and Technical Commission was preparing draft regulations for the exploitatio

  Deep Sea Mining; Digging a Hole We Can’t Get Out Of Epoch Times Feb 26 2014 Dr. Gerry Goede In May, 2013 the United Nations published its first plan for deep sea mining saying companies could apply for mining licenses as soon as 2016. To date the UN’s International Seabed Autho

  Deep-sea mining projects land in hot water New Scientist Feb 19, 2014 Michael Slezak Deep-sea mining is floundering. The leading company in the race to mine the ocean floor has fallen out with its host government, while other projects have been delayed until the environmental e

  New law to make it easier for UK companies to mine Pacific seabed Papua New Guinea Mine Watch January 11, 2014 A new law to be passed by the British Parliament is intended to make it easier for UK companies to dig up the ocean floor in the Pacific – as the briefing below from t