Seabed Minerals

A Big Step for a Small Company

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

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…

Call for papers

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 potato fields of the deep sea

They are known as polymetallic nodules, manganese nodules or simply manganese tubers. The names give you an idea of the shape and metal content. Manganese modules were first found during…