Deep-sea mining
Deep-sea mining: the minerals, the International Seabed Authority and the rules
Beyond national waters no state owns the seabed, and one international body hands out the contracts. The pages cover what lies down there, who decides and where the rules stand.
2 guides in this section
International Seabed Authority (ISA): What It Does, Who Belongs and How It Is Funded
What the International Seabed Authority does, how its organs work, its 172 members, exploration contracts, funding and draft mining rules.
What Is Deep-Sea Mining? Minerals, Methods, Rules and the Debate
What deep-sea mining is, which minerals it targets, who regulates it (the ISA, UNCLOS, NOAA), who holds exploration rights, the UK position and the debate.
Image credits
- Iron-manganese nodules from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone on a wooden table, some whole and one cut and polished — Patlack, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
