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Land area granted for deep-sea mining exploration worldwide by country (in km)


200,000 175,000 150,000 125,000 100,000 75,000 50,000 25,000 0


Source: Statista 1.5m km2


This amount of seafloor is covered by the 31 issued ISA contracts, roughly the size of Mongolia.


1m km2


The approximate amount of seafloor covered by the exploration area in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean alone, roughly the size of Ethiopia.


161,211.2 133,285.6 21.1billion


The amount of dry tonnes of nodules containing manganese, nickel, copper and cobalt in the


CCZ. 87,803.37 87,581.73 86,920.16


Source: United States Geological Survey


China UK Korea Russia Germany


400t 10,000km2


The amount of nodules that can be harvested per hour by each harvester on the CCZ floor.


The area of seabed that could be harvested by a single machine


over a 30-year contract. Source: Scientific American


75,000km2


The approximate size of each plot in the CCZ associated with the ISA contracts, roughly the size of Ireland.


Source: Scientific American


World Mining Frontiers / www.nsenergybusiness.com


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Land area in kilometres


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