Summary of the German application for exploration of polymetallic nodules

The size of the oceanic areas involved was enormous, thus earning the term Blue Amazonia.

A total of 2,300 diamond mining licences were issued in 2004 compared to 800 in 2001.

The immediate priority for the Authority is the development of a regulatory regime for prospecting and exploration of polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts.

We really needed to do some archeology in the trailer itself to figure out what's authentic in an Airstream trailer, and what feels like it has true purpose and utility.

The objective of this set of Regulations is to provide for prospecting and exploration for polymetallic sulphides and cobalt rich ferromanganese crusts.

As people move into mining areas in numbers to dig for diamonds, the potential for conflict over claims, property and production is likely to grow.

Britain offers generous tax concessions for oil and gas exploration, including bumper deals for companies involved in fracking.

The agreement involves partnerships between the State owned oil companies of the three countries in projects on oil prospecting, refining and transportation as well as ship construction.

Earlier this year, Placer Dome, a gold mining company based in Vancouver, Canada, agreed to finance an exploration programme for these deposits.

There are 40 platforms and vessels around the world that could have submitted a tender for the drilling of the deep water (1,600 meter) oil exploration well off Cuban coasts.

The year 2015 will be the Lebanese year for oil and gas exploration according to a timeline, which is supposed to be approved by the cabinet, and which is posted by the Lebanon Spring Blog.

These include fisheries police activity in the South Atlantic, seismic hydrocarbon surveying activities and the granting of licences for the exploration and exploitation of minerals and related aeromagnetic surveying activities.

As Western oil companies are able to tap deepwater oilfields untouched by the Soviet exploitation, Azerbaijan is considered one of the most important spots in the world for oil exploration and development.

The undisclosed deal is believed to grant Turkey substantial concessions to explore new oil and gas fields in northern Iraq, as well as preferential rates for energy exports to Turkey.

The mayor had been in hiding after a state of emergency was declared in the area because of the conflict between the community of Espinar and the mining operation Xstrata Tintaya, and especially after learning there was an arrest warrant out for him.

But if the government is hesitant to look back and reflect on the lessons of the 1965 massacre, many people and groups in Indonesia are ready to dig deeper into the past and seek justice on behalf of the victims of violence and other crimes against humanity.

The important question is whether the Argentine government s decision to nationalize 51 of YPF s shares is the best way to recover self sufficiency in oil and gas production, and to attract the capital needed for exploration and development of conventional reserves.

In late 2005, Mittal Steel, the world s largest steel company, signed a 900 million deal with Liberia s Transitional Government to mine iron ore, which many claim allowed Mittal to opt out of human rights and environmental law.

John King Davis, CBE (19 February 18848 May 1967) was an English born Australian explorer and navigator notable for his work captaining exploration ships in Antarctic waters as well as for establishing meteorological stations on Macquarie Island in the subantarctic and on Willis Island in the Coral Sea.