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Impossible Mining re-emerges as Impossible Metals

September 28, 2022

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,…

The very first licences for nodule exploration

Halfdan Carstens

September 22, 2022

As of February this year, three seabed mineral exploration licences were awarded in the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone: Cobalt (CIC) Limited, Moana Minerals Limited and Cook Islands Investment Company…

The green future is also metallic

Halfdan Carstens

September 15, 2022

The consequence of building a green future, according to Gerard Barron, Chairman & CEO of The Metals Company, is that “our generation will need to mine more metal than we…

The race is on

Halfdan Carstens

September 11, 2022

The Cook Islands with – to say the least – a huge Exclusive Economic Zone, did earlier this year issue three 5-year contracts for the exploration of polymetallic nodules in…

Manganese Nodules: Innovative Harvesting and Processing

Halfdan Carstens

September 7, 2022

Impossible Mining, a battery-metal mining start-up only two years old, is now working on Proof of Concept for both environmentally friendly nodule harvesting and bio-extraction technologies. No wonder the marine…

A Big Step for a Small Company

Halfdan Carstens

September 5, 2022

The Norwegian company Green Minerals AS and Oil States Industries (UK) Ltd (“OSI”) have announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing a collaboration for the development of a Harsh Environment…

Huge Discovery West of Svalbard

Halfdan Carstens

August 29, 2022

Figure caption: The temperature measurement in the outflow opening of the black smoker showed that the fluids are more than 300°C hot. In addition to this active smoker, numerous vents…

Get yours – before it is gone….

Ingvild Ryggen Carstens

August 24, 2022

The 2nd Deep Sea Minerals conference in Bergen, Norway, is only 62 days away, and the conference program is taking shape. Check out the program here. The topics addressed by…

The Cook Islands in the Forefront

Halfdan Carstens

August 23, 2022

A separate session on the Cook Islands will be one of many highlights of the Deep Sea Minerals conference in Bergen in October.

An exciting moment for the marine mineral industry

Halfdan Carstens

August 18, 2022

Exploration for deep sea minerals has entered a new phase with the start-up of geophysical measurements in the North Atlantic.

A promising exploration method

Ronny Setså

June 28, 2022

Researchers at the University of Bergen have shown that geophysical measurements of self-potential can detect sulphide deposits in the deep sea.

Call for papers

Ronny Setså

May 5, 2022

The international conference Deep Sea Minerals will be taking place for the 2nd time this fall (October 26-27, in Bergen, Norway). The first conference in 2021 was attended by almost…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Seabed Minerals

Impossible Mining re-emerges as Impossible Metals

The very first licences for nodule exploration

The green future is also metallic

The race is on

Manganese Nodules: Innovative Harvesting and Processing

A Big Step for a Small Company

Huge Discovery West of Svalbard

Get yours – before it is gone….

The Cook Islands in the Forefront

An exciting moment for the marine mineral industry

A promising exploration method

Call for papers

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