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shared by Colin Bennett on 18 Feb 14 - No Cached

Mining of the ocean floor, discussed since Jules Verne wrote 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, will soon become reality – and experts are calling for improved international “stewardship”.
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shared by Colin Bennett on 16 Aug 13 - No Cached

The potential for mining on the ocean floor is becoming more of a reality, with the Jamaica-headquartered International Seabed Authority holding its 19th session in July. Metal Bulletin's Andrea Hotter reports.
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shared by Colin Bennett on 23 Oct 13 - No Cached

Nautilus Minerals has developed robotic technology for deep-sea mining in collaboration with the French company Technip. The company is planning to open the first deep-water mine in 2015. The Solwara 1 mine will be located 1600 metres below sea level. The company has found large deposits of copper and gold there. Solwara 1 is located in the Pacific Ocean, north of Australia, in Papua New Guinea.
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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 07 Dec 08 - Cached

Aim-listed Nautilus is part of a tier of exotic exploration companies that has been badly affected by falling metals prices and an increasing aversion to risk. The company is adapting deep-sea drilling equipment used by the oil and gas industry to prospect for gold, copper and zinc deposits more than a kilometre below the surface of South Pacific seas.
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shared by Colin Bennett on 26 Feb 08 - Cached

A Norwegian company called Sway is developing a deepwater system that will allow turbines to be situated farther out to sea where winds can be steadier and stronger, and where the turbines are hidden from all save a few passing ships.
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shared by Glycon Garcia on 18 Mar 08 - Cached

Chances are you've heard of hybrids and biofuels, but what about oil-producing yeast and turbinelike buoys that transform ocean waves into electricity? Those are just a couple of the alternative-energy sources that may power the future according to Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund and coauthor, with Miriam Horn, of the new book "Earth: The Sequel"
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shared by Colin Bennett on 05 Jul 11 - No Cached

We show that deep-sea mud contains high concentrations of rare-earth elements and yttrium at numerous sites throughout the eastern South and central North Pacific. We estimate that an area of just one square kilometre, surrounding one of the sampling sites, could provide one-fifth of the current annual world consumption of these elements.
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