Petersburg-based subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned Rosgeologiya, has started a geological and geophysical study along with an assessment of the mineral resource potential of the Antarctica and ...

NASA and co-researchers from the United States, South Korea and Japan have found a new mineral named “Wassonite” in one of the most historically significant meteorites recovered in Antarctica ...

The possibility of this option in Antarctica is controversial but several countries have set their eyes and demands on polar regions which apparently hold vast mineral and energy resources.

And while the new Indian Act explicitly prohibits drilling, dredging or excavating for “mineral resources” in Antarctica, it still establishes a framework to issue permits for “mineral ...

Antarctica has a range of valuable resources, such as coal, fresh water and fish. Countries may want to own Antarctica to exploit these resources.