Divided opinions on area announcement
Not unexpectedly, the wide range of consultation bodies expressed different views and recommendations related to the proposal, which includes 386 blocks divided into five areas: Mohns Ridge North and South,…
Seabed Minerals
What happened to the Allseas vessel that brought nodules to surface in 2022?
When the interviewer asks the CEO of Allseas, Pieter Heerema, how much money the company sunk into converting the former ultra deep-water drill ship Vitoria 10000 into getting the newly…
No licensing round for seabed minerals in Norway next year
On Sunday 1 December, the results of the national budget negotiations were presented. The Socialist Left Party won approval to stop the upcoming licensing round for seabed minerals. It was…
Draghi’s nod to marine minerals
”My concern (…) is that, over time, we will inexorably become less prosperous, less equal, less secure and, as a result, less free to choose our destiny.” Mario Draghi, former…
China’s showing its muscles in the deep sea
China has reached a significant milestone in the field of deep-sea mining with the successful trial of its Kaituo 2 (Pioneer 2) vehicle in the Western Pacific Ocean. During the…
Joining the race
When looking at activities when it comes to the development of deep-sea mining technology and the licensing aspects of it, it is easy to be drawn to the news around…
New mineral discovery in the Norwegian Sea
Grøntua is the name of the new sulphide deposit that was found during a trip under the auspices of the Center for Deep Sea Research at the University of Bergen…
Your “catch of the day” causes plumes and marine devastation at a much larger scale than any deep-sea mining activity will cause anytime soon
In the fourteenth century, British fishermen from Essex sent a petition to King Edward III from England. They wanted him to ban a new type of fishing gear that some…
“Dark oxygen” paper receives more criticism
Even though the scientific paper was published during the summer holiday, it has garnered significant attention from various media outlets and the scientific community. Evidence of dark oxygen production at…
A frontrunner in deep-sea minerals
The Norwegian deep-sea mineral community closely followed the talks from Nagase Kunpei and Kiyotaka Orita of the Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) during the Deep Sea Minerals…
USA looking to join the race
The Metals Company may be the first company – commercial or state-owned – in the world to start full-scale deepsea mining. That makes their quarterly and annual reports a well-worth…
Nodules may indeed be “battery rocks”
Nodules were originally termed “a battery in a rock” by The Metals Company (TMC) to convey to the public the need for deep sea minerals for the green shift. Polymetallic…