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Environment & sustainability - 13 August 2025

Seabed mining at a crossroads: The hidden battle over access and influence

Amer Hage Chahine and Ilya Epikhin from Arthur D. Little explore how geopolitical competition and technological disparity – not just environmental concerns – are driving the global stalemate over seabed mining regulation, as nations debate the future of ocean-floor resource extraction.