UN to start taking deep-sea mining applications this July

UN body mulls deep sea mining amid demand for minerals

Pressure is mounting on an obscure U.N. body based in Jamaica to hit pause on plans to potentially open the world's deep seas to mining as companies push for permission to extract metals from seabeds in international waters.

U.N. body mulls deep sea mining amid demand for minerals

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico >> Pressure is mounting on an obscure U.N. body based in Jamaica to hit pause on plans to potentially open the world’s deep seas to mining as companies push for permission to extract metals from seabeds in international waters.

UN to start taking deep-sea mining applications

Companies wanting to mine the ocean's floor will soon be able to apply for permission from the United Nations authority that oversees the international seabed.

UN to start taking deep-sea mining applications this July

(Reuters) - The International Seabed Authority will start accepting applications in July from companies that want to mine the ocean's floor, a decision that came after the U.N. body spent the past two weeks debating standards for the new and controversial practice. Deep-sea mining would extract cobalt, copper, nickel, and manganese - key battery materials - from potato-sized rocks called "polymetallic nodules" on the ocean's floor at depths …

UN to start taking deep-sea mining applications this July

The International Seabed Authority will start accepting applications in July from companies that want to mine the ocean's floor, a decision that came after the U.N. body spent the past two weeks debating standards for the new and controversial practice.

UN to start taking deep-sea mining applications this July

(Reuters) - The International Seabed Authority will start accepting applications in July from companies that want to mine the ocean's floor, a decision that came after the U.N. body spent the past two