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  2. Deep sea mining - Wikipedia

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    Deep sea mining sites hold polymetallic nodules or surround active or extinct hydrothermal vents at about 3,000–6,500 meters (10,000–21,000 ft) depth. [ 35 ] [ 34 ] The vents create sulfide deposits , which collect metals such as silver , gold , copper , manganese , cobalt , and zinc .

  3. 4,000 Meters Below Sea Level, Scientists Have Found the ...

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    The production of oxygen at the seafloor by polymetallic nodules is a new ecosystem function that needs to be considered when assessing the impact of deep-sea mining.

  4. Manganese nodule - Wikipedia

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    Very little is known about deep sea ecosystems or the potential impacts of deep-sea mining. Polymetallic nodule fields are hotspots of abundance and diversity for a highly vulnerable abyssal fauna, much of which lives attached to nodules or in the sediment immediately beneath it.

  5. Seabed mining - Wikipedia

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    Model of seabed mining technology. Seabed mining, also known as Seafloor mining [1] is the recovery of minerals from the seabed by techniques of underwater mining. The concept includes mining at shallow depths on the continental shelf and deep-sea mining at greater depths associated with tectonic activity, hydrothermal vents and the abyssal plains.

  6. Deep sea mining permits may be coming soon. What are ... - AOL

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    Deep sea mining involves removing mineral deposits and metals from the ocean’s seabed. ... taking deposit-rich polymetallic nodules off the ocean floor, mining massive seafloor sulphide deposits ...

  7. The promise and risks of deep-sea mining - AOL

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    The International Seabed Authority is working to set regulations for deep-sea mining as companies engaged in the clean energy transition clamor for more minerals. The seafloor, especially in parts ...

  8. Deep-sea expedition captures stunning images of creatures in ...

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    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 largest known nodules ...

  9. The Metals Company - Wikipedia

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    TMC the metals company Inc., [1] doing business as The Metals Company, formerly DeepGreen Metals, is a Canadian deep sea mining exploration company. [2] The company focuses on the mining of polymetallic (nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese) nodules [3] [4] in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific.

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