Seabed Minerals

Deep Sea Exploitation is Around the Corner

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

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)…

Study de-mystifies sediment plumes

Oceanographers at MIT, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and elsewhere have developed a model that makes realistic predictions of how a sediment plume generated by mining operations would be transported…

From New York to Bergen

On July 8, the Norwegian company FREYR was listed on the New York stock exchange. On October 20-21, the company will present at Deep Sea Minerals 2021 in Bergen. As exploring for…

Deep Sea Mining may be Imminent

Norway is in an excellent position to become a leader in the exploration for deep sea minerals. The search for deep sea minerals is strongly inspired by the energy transition…