Environmental groups are urging a moratorium on deep-sea mining ahead of an international meeting in Jamaica where an obscure U.N. body will debate the issue amid fears it could soon authorize the world’s first license to harvest minerals from the ocean floor.
FILE - A rainstorm moves over the Atlantic Ocean after passing through Camden, Maine, at sunset Aug. 1, 2023. Environmental groups on Wednesday Oct. 25, 2025 urged a moratorium on deep sea mining ahead of an international meeting in Jamaica where a U.N. body will debate the issue. ahead of an international meeting in Jamaica where an obscure U.N. body will debate the issue, amid fears it could soon authorize the world’s first license to harvest minerals from the ocean floor.
The development of clean energy technologies including electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines is driving up demand for metals such as copper, nickel and cobalt that mining companies say can be extracted from more than 600 feet below sea level. The International Seabed Authority, which is tasked with regulating deep international waters, has issued more than 30 exploration licenses. China holds five, the most of any country, with a total of 22 countries issued such licenses, said Emma Wilson with the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition.
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