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Director British Geological Survey reinforces the need to look into the potential of deep sea minerals

September 30, 2021

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

Halfdan Carstens

September 28, 2021

“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

Henk Kombrink

September 28, 2021

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”

Halfdan Carstens

September 26, 2021

“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 …

Halfdan Carstens

September 22, 2021

“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…

«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…

High Grades in the Deep Sea

Halfdan Carstens

September 14, 2021

While seafloor massive sulphide deposits (SMS) provide a potential resource of base metals including copper and zinc, as well as more critical metals such as cobalt, selenium and gold, their…

The Need for a Multiphysics Approach

Halfdan Carstens

September 12, 2021

Seafloor Massive Sulphides (SMS) are one type of deep-sea mineral deposit currently being explored for as they often have high concentrations of metals. “Typically found in water 1 to 4…

Deep Sea Exploitation is Around the Corner

Halfdan Carstens

September 10, 2021

The previously announced business combination between Deep Green Metals and Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corporation (SOAC) to create TMC Inc. is now fulfilled. Figure caption: Manganese nodules are formed as accretions at…

Billions of Tonnes

Halfdan Carstens

September 9, 2021

Ferromanganese crusts (also referred to as Fe-Mn crusts, manganese crusts, cobalt-rich crusts, polymetallic crusts) are essentially two-dimensional deposits forming pavements on seamounts where rocks are exposed. Illustration above: Ferromanganese (Fe-Mn)…

“The Deep Sea is the only Alternative”

Halfdan Carstens

September 1, 2021

“We desperately need substantial amounts of manganese, nickel, cobalt and copper to build electric cars and power plants,” says Hans Smit to The Guardian. Smit is chief executive of Florida’s…

Secretary General Opens Mining Conference

Halfdan Carstens

August 22, 2021

Michael W. Lodge, Secretary General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), has kindly accepted the invitation to open the conference NCS Exploration – Deep Sea Minerals 2021 on October 20.…

The global energy sector from a subsurface perspective

Seabed Minerals

Director British Geological Survey reinforces the need to look into the potential of deep sea minerals

Technology May Help Reduce Footprint

A two-year deadline

“Deep Sea Mining May Destroy the Ecosystem”

There is more to deep sea mining than technology …

Immensely Underexplored

High Grades in the Deep Sea

The Need for a Multiphysics Approach

Deep Sea Exploitation is Around the Corner

Billions of Tonnes

“The Deep Sea is the only Alternative”

Secretary General Opens Mining Conference

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