Deep-sea mining: Current status and future considerations
DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography
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Deep-sea mining: Current status and future considerations
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Sharma, R.
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Geology and geophysics
Aquatic resources |
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Deep-sea minerals such as polymetallic nodule, hydrothermal sulphides, and ferro-manganese crusts have for long attracted attention as an alternative source of metals to terrestrial deposits. The occurrence of many of these deposits in the international waters has necessitated its regulation under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea through the establishment of International Seabed Authority. A sudden spurt in the number of ‘Contractors’ interested in claiming large tracts of seafloor with exclusive rights for exploration from just eight in the first four decades (1970-2010) to 25 in the next 4 years (2011-2015) as well as consistent research and development of technology for prospecting, mining, and processing of these resources, coupled with issuing of licences to private entrepreneurs for deposits within the EEZ of some countries, calls for a re-look at the current status and future prospects of deep-sea mining
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2017-09-27T13:09:40Z
2017-09-27T13:09:40Z 2017 |
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Book chapter
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Deep-sea mining: Resource potential, Technical and Environmental considerationsDeep-sea mining: Resource potential, Technical and Environmental considerations. ed. by: Sharma, R.Springer; Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham; Switzerland; 2017; 3-21
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/5193 |
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en
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An edited version of this paper was published by Springer. This paper is for R & D purpose and Copyright [2017] Springer.
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Springer
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