The promise and peril of seafloor mining: can minerals be extracted from the seafloor without environmental impacts?

Authors :: Drew, Lisa W.
Source :: Oceanus. December 1, 2009, Vol. 47 Issue 3, p8, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: A year ago, the Canadian mining company Nautilus Minerals was poised to launch a new industry: mining the deep ocean floor. All Nautilus had to do was finish building special [...]

Subjects :: Nautilus Mineral Waters of America Inc. -- Management
Hydrothermal vents -- Properties
Marine mineral resources -- Protection and preservation
Ocean mining -- Environmental aspects
Mineral industry -- Management
Mining industry -- Management
Mineral resources in submerged lands -- Protection and preservation
Sulfide minerals -- Natural history
Environmental issues
Earth sciences
Company business management
Management
Protection and preservation
Properties
Natural history
Environmental aspects

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