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choice of partners to the circle of their close allies. Consequently, the situation of
marine mineral resources vacillates between “set-aside and harnessing”.
Challenges for the National Strategy
Marine mineral resources are seen first of all as a resource to be controlled within
the EEZ, hence the following priorities: inventory of mineral resources in the French
EEZ; definition of exploration and exploitation rules within the EEZ; seeking of
agreements between States for potential deposits of strategic interest in international waters; implementation of a regional scientific and technological integration
capacity, either as a European partnership or through a multilateral agreement (e.g.
France-Germany-Russia).
Priority
Inventorying resources in the EEZ(s) becomes the priority of exploration campaigns.
Challenges for the National Strategy in Scenario B “Business and Cycles as Usual”
Economic stakeholders are in search of new sectors to maintain their competitiveness and their offer. States, as well as industry, implement supply diversification policies to preserve an operational mining sector. Marine mineral resources thus appear
as a source of potential resources and power, as their access remains restricted to a
small number of advanced countries. The ISA continues to grant approvals, but has
no influence on the strategies of the major States (US, China, Russia, India, Brazil,
major States of the EU…). Consequently, the mineral resource situation is that of a
“competitive-approach economic resource”.
Challenges for the National Strategy
Marine mineral resources are seen as an economic resource to be developed. This
implies, in the long term, developing a full-fledged sector, from exploration to exploitation.
This “competitive” approach imposes the need for good knowledge of deposits
in order to be able to select the richest, hence the following priorities:
• implementation of exploration and exploitation PPPs between States and private
operators(French/European),
• management of private/public transfer,
• development of a mining sector (France-EU),
• support to European economic and technological stakeholders (pilot),
• sale of know-how and expertise by maintaining higher education skills.
Appendices
choice of partners to the circle of their close allies. Consequently, the situation of
marine mineral resources vacillates between “set-aside and harnessing”.
Challenges for the National Strategy
Marine mineral resources are seen first of all as a resource to be controlled within
the EEZ, hence the following priorities: inventory of mineral resources in the French
EEZ; definition of exploration and exploitation rules within the EEZ; seeking of
agreements between States for potential deposits of strategic interest in international waters; implementation of a regional scientific and technological integration
capacity, either as a European partnership or through a multilateral agreement (e.g.
France-Germany-Russia).
Priority
Inventorying resources in the EEZ(s) becomes the priority of exploration campaigns.
Challenges for the National Strategy in Scenario B “Business and Cycles as Usual”
Economic stakeholders are in search of new sectors to maintain their competitiveness and their offer. States, as well as industry, implement supply diversification policies to preserve an operational mining sector. Marine mineral resources thus appear
as a source of potential resources and power, as their access remains restricted to a
small number of advanced countries. The ISA continues to grant approvals, but has
no influence on the strategies of the major States (US, China, Russia, India, Brazil,
major States of the EU…). Consequently, the mineral resource situation is that of a
“competitive-approach economic resource”.
Challenges for the National Strategy
Marine mineral resources are seen as an economic resource to be developed. This
implies, in the long term, developing a full-fledged sector, from exploration to exploitation.
This “competitive” approach imposes the need for good knowledge of deposits
in order to be able to select the richest, hence the following priorities:
• implementation of exploration and exploitation PPPs between States and private
operators(French/European),
• management of private/public transfer,
• development of a mining sector (France-EU),
• support to European economic and technological stakeholders (pilot),
• sale of know-how and expertise by maintaining higher education skills.