Sensing China Threat, India Joins Race To Mine New Sea Patch
India seeks to explore a cobalt-rich region in the Indian Ocean known as the Afanasy Nikitin SeamountEarlier this month, India applied to the International Seabed Authority (ISBA), Jamaica, for rights to explore two vast tracts in the Indian Ocean seabed that aren’t part of its jurisdiction. The application to explore one of these regions, a cobalt-rich crust long known as the Afanasy Nikitin