JD Supra

Deep Sea Mining Uncovered: Part Two - Diving into the Deep Blue Sea: From Exploration to Exploitation

While the prospects of Deep Sea Mining (DSM) to provide billions of tonnes of valuable minerals for use in global supply chains has been acknowledged for some time, the development of a legal ...
Mongabay

Not merely ‘exploration’: PNG deep-sea mining riles critics & surprises officials

Deep Sea Mining Finance (DSMF), an obscure company registered in the British Virgin Islands, recently conducted an exploratory mining operation off the coast of New Ireland province in Papua New ...
EurekAlert!

Only 0.001% of the deep seafloor visually observed in seventy years, revealing gaps and bias in ocean exploration and global biodiversity understanding

(Saunderstown, RI — May 7, 2025) In a groundbreaking study published today in Science Advances, researchers from Ocean Discovery League reveal that only a minuscule fraction of the deep seafloor has ...
JD Supra

Deep-Sea Mining: Exploration Rights Under ISA Regulation

In part one of an explainer series about international deep-sea mining regulation, Louise Woods and Elena Guillet of Vinson & Elkins share advice for setting up sponsorship agreements between ...
Phys.org

News on deep-sea-exploration

Norway has a reputation for environmental leadership, from championing international biodiversity policies to its wilderness protection and ambitious biodiversity regulations. An international ...