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Towards Commercial Seabed Mining – Sustainable or Sacrilege?

Posted on December 18, 2014 by gesafacilitator

Dr James Harrison The presence of minerals on the deep seabed was first discovered by the HMS Challenger expedition in 1873. Polymetallic nodules and other seabed resources (polymetallic sulphides and crusts) offer abundant supplies of valuable minerals, including manganese, cobalt, … Continue reading →

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