Significant mineral potential in Norwegian waters
The conclusion by the MarMine project is based on analysis of collected data and several hundred kilos of samples on the mid-ocean ridge. However, there is still considerable research work required…
Seabed Minerals
The state of the art in SMS exploration
Marine scientific research on hydrothermal systems has been ongoing for more than 40 years, starting immediately after their discovery near the Galapagos Islands in 1977. However, exploration of Seabed Massive…
A boost for deep sea research
“Marine mineral resources have been proven in the Norwegian Sea, including metals that may be important for electrification, and which several industrial players are working to extract,” says Rolf Birger…
A promising new frontier
An enormous challenge in terms of research, expertise information, technological innovation, environmental protection, spatial planning and social licence to operate is facing the European and international research and sustainable development…
A needle in a haystack
“How to find and remove a needle from a haystack without disturbing it?” That’s the key question when it comes to sustainable exploration for deep-sea minerals. It requires non-invasive methods…
Timely and crucial
A three year, 18 million NOK funded research project will build important in-demand competence regarding the environmental aspects of deep sea mining on the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge.
Director British Geological Survey reinforces the need to look into the potential of deep sea minerals
In a video message published this week, director of the British Geological Survey Karen Hanghøj reinforces the need to further look into the potential of mining deep sea minerals as…
Technology May Help Reduce Footprint
“First and foremost, it is clear that any type of deep-sea mining will have an impact on the seabed due to that material will be removed, and that the seabed…
A two-year deadline
The prospect of the first large scale deep see mining project has this year come a lot closer when a deal was announced between a small Pacific island of Nauru…
“Deep Sea Mining May Destroy the Ecosystem”
“Can deep-sea minerals be the answer to the green shift, or will the hunt for these rare metals of the deep cause even more distress to an already troubled ocean?”…
There is more to deep sea mining than technology …
“The potential environmental, social and economic impacts of deep sea mining can be addressed empirically by natural sciences such as marine biology, geology and ecology, as well as by social…
Immensely Underexplored
«The true resource potential of SMS occurrences cannot be estimated,” says Sven Petersen of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. The simple reason, explains Petersen, is that only…