Deep-sea mining: little progress in nego • Table.Briefings

As early as this summer, the Canadian The Metals Company and the island state of Nauru plan to submit a mining application for raw materials on the seabed.

The Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is making slow progress with the development of a set of rules for deep-sea mining. Time is of the essence, as the first mining application could be submitted as early as this summer.

By summer 2025, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) wants to have developed rules for the extraction of raw materials in the deep sea. At the meeting from March 18 to 29 in Kingston, Jamaica, the ISA member states discussed a consolidated text for the first time. However, there was a considerable need for discussion and not even the first third of the regulations had been finalized, Table.Briefings learned from participants in the negotiations.

Deep-sea mining: little progress in negotiations on rules – despite time pressure

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