This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed on Mar 26, 2025.

After more than a decade of negotiations, a new round of talks to finalize a code to regulate deep-sea mining in ...

"Deep-sea exploration rights under International Seabed Authority regulations" was originally created and published by Mining Technology, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has ...

The seabed in international waters is governed by the International Seabed Authority (ISA), an independent body established ...

Part I of the 28th Session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council concluded on March 31 in Jamaica. On that occasion, France spoke on behalf of 13 States, issuing a call to form a broad ...

It's an industry that has divided Pacific Island nations and met pushback from environmentalists. Deep-sea mining — heralded by some as a way to power the global shift to renewables — is ...

In July, the UN-affiliated International Seabed Authority (ISA) will start considering companies’ bids to mine the world’s seabeds, despite last week failing to agree on regulations.

Pakistan has affirmed its full support to the important work of International Seabed Authority. Talking to Secretary General of the Authority Michael Lodge in New York, Pakistan's Permanent ...

The International Seabed Authority (ISA), an independent body established in 1994 under a UN convention, has been working since 2014 on the new rules for developing mineral resources on the ocean ...