"Mining Heads Into The Deep Sea, Raising Environmental Concerns"

"Mining in the deep sea for minerals is uncharted territory, but one company is well on its way to making it a reality. Now, the company is trying to convince skeptical audiences it's a good idea.

Shontel Norgate, chief financial officer of Nautilus Minerals Inc., pitched a roomful of ocean advocates at last month's World Ocean Summit on the idea of deep-sea mining for minerals like copper and gold.

Mining offshore, said Norgate, has a smaller environmental footprint than mining on land. Plus, she said, it doesn't require relocating communities or accounting for other human consequences of terrestrial mining. Deep-sea mining, she argued, 'appears to be significantly better from environmental and social perspective.'"

Kate Sheppard reports for Huffington Post July 7, 2015.