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DEEP-SEA MINING: RESOURCE POTENTIAL, TECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
Volume -, Issue -, Pages 3-21Publisher
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52557-0_1
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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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