Lobby organisation
Global Sea Mineral Resources
Company · Environment & climate also Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry
As of 8 October 2026, Global Sea Mineral Resources appears in 3 declared MEP meetings (3 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.
In their own words
“Climate change, population growth, urbanization and clean energy. These are some of the major challenges the world faces in the years ahead. Metals like cobalt and nickel, essential to address these needs, are becoming increasingly difficult to access, or even scarce, on land. But significant amounts of these metals can be found in polymetallic nodules, deep beneath the Pacific Ocean.”
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“Building on its world-renowned expertise in marine technology, DEME has established an in-house, deep-sea exploration and exploitation specialist: Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR). In 2013, the International Seabed Authority and GSR signed a 15-year contract for prospecting and exploration for polymetallic nodules. Under the contract, GSR has exclusive rights for exploration for polymetallic nodules over 75,000 square kilometers of the seabed in the eastern part of the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone of the Central Pacific Ocean.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 3 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group. Every meeting was with a single group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (2 in 2024).
Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.
The MEPs they meet most
The 3 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Jan 2025 | Andrea Wechsler | EU Environment Policy |
| 22 Jul 2024 | Wouter Beke | Critical raw materials |
| 25 Jan 2024 | Hildegard Bentele | Online exchange about seabed exploration |
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