Deep Sea Diamond Mining

Deep Sea Diamond Mining

Our Mines – De Beers Group

Our global approach to diamond mining spans two continents and four countries – Botswana, Canada, Namibia and South Africa. Diamonds offer huge economic and social benefits for the countries where we operate.

The Amazing Process

It was reported in the news recently, and in a long piece in the Atlantic magazine, that one of the world's largest diamond mining operations will be beginning in the coming months.

Deep sea mining: coming soon to an ocean near you

The depletion of resources on land together with the increase in resource demand and the parallel development in technologies for deep sea exploration have brought the issue of deep-sea mining to ...

Diamond mining moves offshore and into the …

Of the coast of Namibia, in barely 200 meters of water, an entirely different kind of deep-sea mining is taking shape. The target is …

Seabed Mining and Approaches to Governance of the Deep Seabed

The mining industry claims that seabed mining will ensure the supply of metals for use in efficient, clean technologies, including reports that exploiting certain deep-sea mineral deposits will "reduce the footprint of mineral extraction" (Halfar and Fujita, 2002; The Economist, 2018).

What We Know About Deep-sea Mining

With the future of deep-sea mining still under debate, here's what we know so far about the proposed practice and its impacts — and what we don't: 1) What Is Deep-sea Mining and How Would It Be Done? Deep-sea mining aims to retrieve valuable mineral deposits found on the ocean's floor, hundreds or even thousands of meters …

The Dangers of Deep Seabed Mining

Humans have only mapped 0.05 percent of the ocean floor, compared to 60 percent of the surface of Mars. Researchers are discovering new species at a rapid rate on the dark, heavily pressurized …

Seabed mining is coming — bringing mineral riches and …

By law, mining contractors are required to assess what lives in their claim area, and Smith and many other deep-sea biologists conduct ecological surveys to help contractors establish this baseline.

New Zealand deep-sea life needs 'better protection' from mining…

New Zealand's seafloor organisms are not protected enough from potential deep-sea mining activities, a study by a researcher working with the country's National Institute of Water and ...

Challenges to the sustainability of deep-seabed mining

This Review covers the sustainability of deep-seabed mining, suggesting a slower transition from exploration to exploitation may be beneficial.

Deep-sea mining could cost $500bn in lost value — study

Mining the seafloor for key minerals and metals could negatively impact the industry, resulting in $500 billion of lost value and causing damages to the world's biodiversity estimated to be up ...

Stunning images of ocean life in proposed deep-sea mining …

A part of the Pacific Ocean earmarked for deep-sea mining is home to a surprising variety of life, images from a recent voyage to the Clarion-Clipperton Zone show.

The Ocean Could Be the New Gold Rush

The bottom of the world's ocean contains vast supplies of precious metals and other resources, including gold, diamonds, and cobalt. Now, as the first deep-sea mining project ramps up, nations are ...

De Beers giant mining vessels

The company operates five diamond mining vessels: the Debmar Atlantic, Debmar Pacific, Gariep, Grand Banks and Mafuta. Earlier this year, Debmarine unveiled the SS Nujoma, …

Diamonds in the deep: How gems are mined from …

In Namibian waters off the west coast of Southern Africa, enormous mining vessels suck diamonds from the seabed.

Marine Mining Market Size, Industry Share, & Forecast 2032

Deep-Sea Mining is a relatively unconventional method of extracting elements. Deep-sea mining has already been undertaken through projects such as deep-sea diamond mining.

The Ocean Could Be the New Gold Rush

The diamond conglomerate De Beers has been mining diamonds from shallow waters off southwest Africa since the 1960s, so harvesting diamonds from …

SEC: Tesla can't dodge activist shareholder proposal on deep-sea mining

The SEC rejected a request from Tesla to omit the shareholder proposal on sourcing material from deep-sea mining from its AGM. That means the proposal will be included on the ballot at the US ...

Canada faces pressure to ban deep-sea mining

Canada is facing mounting pressure to declare a moratorium on deep-sea mining exploration and extraction as the country hosts an international marine conservation summit starting Friday in Vancouver.

Ocean Mining ~ MarineBio Conservation Society

Mining is the act of extracting something from the earth by digging and getting whatever resource is buried beneath rocks, dirt or other matter. Ocean mining takes place under water. There are 4 main types of ocean mining: dredging, oil and gas extraction, marine diamond mining and deep-sea mining. Dredging

The promise and risks of deep-sea mining

The only alternative is more land mining and more pushing into sensitive ecosystems, including rainforests," said Gerard Barron, CEO of Vancouver-based The Metals Co, the most-vocal deep-sea ...

To engage in deep-sea mining or not to engage: what do …

Deep-sea mining (DSM)—the extraction of minerals from the deep seafloor, currently focused intensively on the abyssal plains of the Pacific Ocean—has attracted …

Deep sea mining: Into the deep | 60 Minutes Archive

Deep sea mining: Into the deep | 60 Minutes Archive Rare earth elements and metals used to make cellphones, supercomputers and more are sitting on the ocean floor, ready to be mined by multiple ...

Namibia – De Beers Group

We recover diamonds from Namibia's northern and southern coastal regions. The deposits along the country's coast and ancient river beds are so rich that early prospectors could sometimes find diamonds glittering on the sandy surface of valley floors.

Everything you Need to Know about Deep-Sea Mining

Deep sea mining is a subfield of experimental seabed mining that involves the process of removing mineral deposits and metals from the ocean's seabed found at depths of over 200 meters. ... As it stands, the majority of oceanic mining efforts have been limited to shallow coastal waters where diamonds, tin, and sand can easily be removed. ...

Brazil wants 10-year pause on deep sea mining as UN …

Brazil is urging a 10-year precautionary pause on deep sea mining in international waters just days after companies and countries were allowed to start applying for provisional licenses.

Seafloor Mining

Deep-sea mining is the proposed extraction of metallic and non-metallic mineral resources from the ocean floor… Who Regulates Seafloor Mining? The rules that govern mining on most of the world's seabed are no ordinary rules.

Deep-Sea Mining and the Race to the Bottom of …

The miseducation of the American boy, John Hendrickson on Joe Biden's stutter, 20,000 feet under the sea, and a thriving conservative-Catholic community in Kansas.

Frontiers | Challenging the Need for Deep Seabed Mining …

Introduction. Interest in mining deep-sea minerals is growing because of a perceived or predicted need to meet increased demand for minerals, including in support of a "green transition," and the financial rewards that could flow from exploitation of …

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