UNDERSEA MINING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS BEING DEVELOPED AS COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS LOOM
December 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SPACE maybe called the final frontier on TV, but for mining industry and environmentalists, bragging rights must surely go to the ocean deeps - the most inaccessible and unexplored regions on Earth. Speculation has been continuing for decades about the potential mineral riches on ocean floors, however there have always been four obvious problems about extracting them: noone really knows what is down there; the expense of prospecting for such minerals could be prohibitive; there is yet no comprehensive internationally agreed legal regime covering ...
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