Deepsea Mining

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Opening up the deep ocean to industrial scale mineral extraction would constitute one of the defining moments of the Anthropocene as a whole new set of ecosystems, beyond continental shelves, would come under a direct form of extractivism, adding to the pressures of bottom trawling, plastic pollution, ocean acidification and the many other consequences of ‘human activities’ on Earth. This chapter explores the history of deepsea mining and corporate efforts to make it both possible and legitimate or least ‘legal’ under either the rules of the International Seabed Authority and UNCLOS, or unilateral U.S. legislation, as seen in the case of TMC. Drawing from numerous efforts to slow down or altogether ban deepsea mining, the chapter suggests that deep sea mining would not only selfishly open up one more frontier of climate extractivism but also re-affirm the anthropocentric rationale of ‘everywhere’ domination and destruction of lives and places.
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Authors Philippe Le Billon
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Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
DOI
10.1093/oso/9780197873434.003.0008
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197873434.003.0008
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