Search results

… commercial exploitation – a potential threat • Pilot scale mining studies have been undertaken • Environmental impact … to potential exploitation Limited Considerable (nil, trial mining) Mineral extraction Seeps and pockmarks High for … is forecast to grow at 15-20% per year (25). The mining of polymetallic sulphide crusts from vent systems …

… such as food production, aquaculture, transport, hunting, mining, energy production, recreation and building on the …