Development of the Hard Mineral Resources of the Deep Seabed: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Mines and Mining of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3350 ... and H.R. 3652 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 642 pages |
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Page 390 - Conference. Among these, we seek to: - provide a framework of law within which competing oceans uses can be accommodated; — preserve high seas freedoms, including navigation and similar uses in the 200mile Economic Zone; - ensure unimpeded passage through and over straits; ~ maintain maximum freedom of scientific research; ~ provide a framework for protecting the marine environment; ~ establish a comprehensive dispute settlement mechanism; and — establish an international regime and organization...
Page 225 - Interim procedure for the orderly development of hard mineral resources In the deep seabed, pending adoption of an international regime relating thereto...
Page 293 - There is no question of demanding 100 percent equity — or even a majority of equity — in a project on the part of mineral developers." At the same time, host governments must "recognize the real terms of the world investment market...
Page 48 - Secretary shall take into account the nature, circumstances, extent, and gravity of the prohibited acts committed and, with respect to the violator, the degree of culpability, any history of prior offenses, ability to pay, and such other matters as justice may require.
Page 96 - Black, your statement will be placed in the record and you may summarize as you see fit. STATEMENT OF CALVIN BLACK, SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER Mr.
Page 293 - Second, there has to be an understanding of the contribution made by those who are brought to the scene to construct a project and by those who are given an incentive to stay on to operate it, and of the role of the mineral developer in attracting capital and related managerial and technical know-how.
Page 75 - Arms Control Disarmament Agency. Dr. Scoville, as many of the members of the subcommittee know, has authored a number of publications and is considered to be a recognized authority in the strategic community. Dr. Scoville, I understand you have a prepared statement, and without objection the entire statement will be placed in the record, and if you would choose to proceed to summarize your statement you are recognized to proceed as you wish, sir. Dr. SCOVILLE. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Yes,...
Page 305 - Mining efficiency estimates have been made by a number of activities. Efficiency may be defined as the percentage of nodules by weight that is recovered from the total weight of the nodules available in any one mine site area. Given below are estimates made by AG Moncrieff - KB Smale-Adams as reported in Mining Congress Journal in December 1974.
Page 292 - Already hundreds of millions of dollars, billions even, of capital that might have flowed to the Third World, have been invested in developing alternative supplies in areas where the financial outlook is more predictable and the profitability more assured.
Page 623 - Wooster, WS, and GH Volkmann. 1960. Indications of deep Pacific circulation from the distribution of properties at five kilometers.