Deep-sea mining: Time is working out for nations to agree guidelines

If governments do not meet a July 2023 deadline to attract up laws governing deep-sea mining, corporations could begin exploiting the seabed with out authorized restrictions

By Madeleine Cuff

For many years, governments and companies have had a eager eye on the mineral wealth buried within the deep ocean, however a vacuum in laws governing seabed mining has saved would-be miners at bay.

That’s all set to vary in 2023, as governments face a July deadline to agree on laws governing deep-sea mining – or threat mining corporations beginning work on the seabed with none guidelines in any respect.

Underneath the UN regulator, the Worldwide …