Debate over proposed regulations for deep-sea mining will stretch into next year as a United Nations agency that presides over the international seabed concluded its last meeting of the year on Wednesday. The ongoing debate has led to growing.
Commercial mining in the deep ocean is not yet a reality, but the possibility is on the horizon. Delegates of the U.N.-affiliated deep-sea mining regulator, the International Seabed Authority (ISA), have been developing a set of regulations that would govern how miners could prospect, explore and exploit mineral resources on the seabed. More than two […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Debate over proposed regulations for deep-sea mining will stretch into next year as a U.N. agency that presides over the international seabed concluded its last meeting of the year on Wednesday.