seabed mining
1Kiwis Against Seabed Mining — (KASM) is an environmental group established to create community awareness of the environmental risks associated with the mining of the sea bed around New Zealand.In March 2005 an application was lodged by Australian company BQL for a minerals… …
2Mining in New Zealand — began when the indigenous Māori quarried rock such as argillite in times prior to European colonisation.[1] Mining by Europeans began in the latter half of the 19th century. New Zealand has abundant resources of coal, silver, iron ore, limestone… …
3mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …
4International Seabed Authority — The International Seabed Authority (ISA) (French: Autorité internationale des fonds marins , Spanish: Autoridad Internacional de los Fondos Marinos ) is an intergovernmental body based in Kingston, Jamaica, that was established to organize and… …
5Deep sea mining — is a relatively new mineral retrieval process that takes place on the ocean floor. Ocean mining sites are usually around large areas of polymetallic nodules or active and extinct hydrothermal vents at about 1,400 3,700 meters below the ocean’s… …
6International Seabed Authority — ▪ international organization international organization established in 1994 to regulate mining and related activities in the international seabed beyond national jurisdiction, an area that includes most of the world s oceans. The ISA came… …
7Australian mining law — Australia mining law governs the exploration and extraction of minerals and petroleum in Australia. It differs substantially from the mining laws of other common law countries, the most important differences arising from the policy decision that… …
8United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea — For maritime law in general, see Admiralty law. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Logo of the Convention Signed December 10, 1982 Location Montego Bay, Jamaica Effective November 16, 1994[1] …
9Dredging — Dredge redirects here. For other uses, see Dredge (disambiguation). Dredgers redirects here. For the German municipality, see Dreggers. Dredging is an excavation activity or operation usually carried out at least partly underwater, in shallow… …
10Nii Allotey Odunton — Nii Allotey Odunton, a mining engineer from Ghana, is Secretary General of the International Seabed Authority, serving a four year term from January 1, 2009. Odunton has had more than 20 years of experience in the International Civil Service,… …
