10 can turn into 1000
Hydrothermal chimneys are a spectacular sight. They were first observed in the Pacific Ocean in 1979, and in Norway at the Jan Mayen hydrothermal fields on the Mohns ridge in…
Seabed Minerals
Loke acquires deep-sea mineral licences in the Pacific Ocean
Loke Marine Minerals announced yesterday that it acquired UK Seabed Resources’ deep-sea mineral business. UK Seabed Resources (UKSR) holds a 100% interest in two deep-sea mineral licences located in the…
Finding Hidden SMS Deposits
“Metalliferous sediments are important deep-sea exploration targets,” said Acer Figueroa, PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre (University of Southampton) during the Deep Sea Minerals conference in Bergen in October…
Oil companies are actively looking at deep-sea minerals
“All extractive activity comes with costs, both in terms of money and in terms of environmental impact. Many terrestrial mines have to blast and move huge amounts of waste rock…
Deep-sea mining plumes may settle locally
A team of researchers has found that the large majority of sediments stirred up during a seabed mining operation settles locally.
«A historic moment»
Following a 12-minute trip from the seafloor to the production vessel Hidden Gem, nodules were dewatered and sent along a conveyor to the vessel’s hold for storage. The entire operation…
Toward Responsible Deep Sea Mining
In parallel with the development of a seafloor nodule collector (Patania II) for use in the deep Pacific Ocean, the Belgian company Global Sea Mineral Resources NV (GSR) initiated the…
Getting ready for nodule harvesting
Early October, The Metals Company commenced the next phase of an extensive environmental baseline and impact monitoring campaign in preparation for the company’s subsidiary NORI’s ongoing pilot nodule collection system…
Public understanding is the main victim
“The history of the nuclear power industry offers a cautionary tale for the growing deep-sea minerals (DSM) industry, with many of the same players involved in the anti-DSM campaign and…
Green Light for NORI
The International Seabed Authority (ISA) has recently recommended that The Metals Company (TMC) subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI), proceeds with independently monitored pilot collection system trials in the Clarion…
Three weeks to go
The second international industry conference about deep-sea minerals in Bergen, Norway, October 25-27 – Deep Sea Minerals 2022 – has an impressive programme with speakers from many parts of the…
Impossible Mining re-emerges as Impossible Metals
After careful consideration of the fractious debate surrounding seabed critical minerals, along with firstly, the novel approach to harvesting metals in a way that keeps the ecosystem intact, and secondly,…