Deep Marine Mineral Resources

The risks of shortages for some crucial metals and uncertainty about the land-based reserves of several others justify the search to diversify our sources of supply and investigate their potential.  Mineral resources in the deep sea are attracting increasing interest with the progressive discovery o...

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Published in:Springer eBooks
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fouquet, Yves (Editor), Lacroix, Denis (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8563-1
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE Study Summary
  • Challenges
  • Framework
  • Methodology
  • Cross-cutting challenges by metal type
  • Environmental challenges
  • Scenarios and related challenges
  • Legal aspects
  • Technological innovation challenges
  • Results and recommendations
  • PART TWO Thematic Contributions
  • 1. Deep-sea environment
  • 2. Rare and strategic metals
  • 3. Characteristics and formation process
  • 4. Scientific knowledge and challenges related to hydrogen
  • 5. International law and its evolution
  • 6. Training organisations and establishments in France and Europe
  • 7. Access to raw materials - A historical. legal and geopolitical vision
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • APPENDICES
  • Appendix 1 - Acronyms
  • Appendix 2 - Study methodology
  • Appendix - 3 Steering Committee
  • Appendix - 4 Working Group
  • Appendix - 5 Experts consulted
  • Appendix - 6 Advantages and constraints of the main deep-sea minerals
  • List of authors.