Deep-sea mining involves harvesting minerals from the seafloor, using machinery that some say is very disruptive to deep-sea ecology. A stock image shows an oil rig.

Transocean RIG, a leading offshore drilling company, is investing in Global Sea Mineral Resources (“GSR”) for a non-controlling stake through one of its subsidiaries.GSR is a deep-sea mineral ...

Throughout the 1970s, governments and private companies rushed to develop ships and rigs to pull up nodules. ... He says he’s not even convinced deep-sea mining should go ahead.

Asteroid Mining No Crazier Than Deep-Sea Drilling, Advocates Say. News. By Mike Wall published 25 April 2012 ... And rigs such as Perdido don't just suck oil up off the ocean floor.

The Metals Company has large potential in deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules, ... Oil rigs have their own history of incidents and disasters. Compared to existing mining techniques, ...

Telegraph cables were first laid across the ocean floor 150 years ago, and at least three industries—telecommunications, oil drilling and diamond mining—have become adept at deep-sea engineering.

While Ngarewa-Packer and other figures in New Zealand support a moratorium on deep-sea mining, New Zealand, which is a member state of the ISA, has not formally taken a stand against deep-sea mining.

Undersea agriculture. Deep sea mining. Human colonies on the ocean floor. These were the dreams of Capt. George Bond, a Navy medical officer. It was the age of exploration. While NASA made front ...

Deep-sea mining might yield minimal fiscal returns for Pacific nations. ... Originating from a rig in Australian waters, the spill reached Indonesian waters, ...

Asteroid Mining No Crazier Than Deep-Sea Drilling, Advocates Say. News. By Mike Wall published 25 April 2012 ... And rigs such as Perdido don't just suck oil up off the ocean floor.