The International Seabed Authority is a Kingston, Jamaica-based intergovernmental body of 171 Member States plus the European Union. It was established under the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the S
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Investigation into manganese nodule mining on the seabed in the Clarion–Clipperton zone
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Manganese nodule
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Manganese nodules, also called polymetallic nodules, are mineral concretions on the sea bottom formed of concentric layers of iron and manganese hydroxides around a core. As nodules can be found in va
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…Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. The majority of these contracts are for exploration in the Clarion–Clipperton zone between Hawaii and Mexico, where polymetallic nodules contain copper, cobalt and other minerals essential for powering electric batteries. To date, the Authority has not authorized any commercial mining…
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Nodules on the seabed
Manganese nodules from the South Pacific Ocean
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