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Deep Sea Mining from a Pacific Island State Perspective: An Interview with Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Commissioner Paul Lynch
Deep Sea Mining from a Pacific Island State Perspective: An Interview with Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Commissioner Paul Lynch

Since August 2012, Paul Lynch has led the Cook Islands’ Seabed Minerals Authority, which oversees development of the islands’ national seabed mineral resource. A lawyer with over 25 years of wide and varied legal experience in the private sector, Commissioner Lynch is shaping deep sea mining as an industry, both in the Cook Islands and […]

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InternationalDede MingiCISBMA, Seabed Minerals Authority, Alex Herman, Paul Lynch, Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ), Colbalt, Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC), Cook Islands Marine Park - Marae Moana, Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Act of 2009, G-Tec, Global Sea Mineral Resources NV (GSR), International Seabed Authortity (ISA), Manganese, Ocean Minerals Limited, Pacific Community, Polymetallic Nodules, The Mining Code
Cobalt on the Rise
Cobalt on the Rise

Interest in deep sea mining has been accelerating due to the rising price of cobalt. The metal is an important component of EV batteries, laptops and cell phones. In October 2017, cobalt prices reached a nine-year high, trading at around US$30 per pound, tripling its 2015 value of US$10. The rise is not only seen […]

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InternationalDede MingiCobalt, Cook Islands, Copper, Electric Vehicle Batteries, International Seabed Authortity (ISA), Nickel, Polymetallic Nodules, The Mining Code