Archives: Marine mining

A composite jumper designed and manufactured by Strohm (formerly known as Airborne Oil & Gas) is to feature in deep-sea mining technology being developed by offshore contractor Allseas, the pipe technology company says. Allseas’ deep-sea collection system technology has been designed to responsibly recover polymetallic nodules from the seabed at depths of 4,000-6,500 m. This[…]

DeepGreen Metals, which is exploring for deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a lower impact and more cost-effective alternative to terrestrial mining, has announced an upward revision to the nodule resource reported within the NORI-D exploration contract area held by its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources, Inc. The nodule resource is now estimated as 4 Mt measured, 341[…]

In an industry first, the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has awarded China Merchants Industry (CMI) Approval in Principle (AIP) for its deep-sea mining system design. The AIP follows publication of the ABS Guide for Subsea Mining in October 2020 and is the first to be issued that conforms to the new Guide. ABS is[…]

The First Ore Mining Company, JSC (FOMC, part of ARMZ Uranium Holding Co which is the Mining Division of Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation) is implementing a project for the development of the Pavlovskoye polymetallic deposit on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago. This is the largest such deposit in Russia with 47.7 Mt of ore reserves[…]

Orange Business Services, a network-native digital services company, and De Beers Marine South Africa, a division of De Beers – the world’s leading diamond company, have jointly installed and tested a customised IoT solution to provide geofencing to maintain safe working distances for crew around the heavy machinery involved in marine diamond mining operations. The[…]

Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR), the deep-sea exploratory division of the DEME Group, recently completed two key assessments of its seabed mineral collector technology, paving the way for an expedition to the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the Pacific Ocean. A new state-of-the-art umbilical and winch combination has been successfully evaluated mid-water in the Atlantic[…]

The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (the Standard) launched today, establishes the first global standard on tailings management that can be applied to existing and future tailings facilities, wherever they are and whoever operates them. Strengthening current practices in the mining industry by integrating social, environmental, local economic and technical considerations, the Standard covers[…]

Allseas has acquired the former ultra-deepwater drill ship “Vitoria 10000” for conversion to a polymetallic nodule collection vessel. She is 228 m long, 42 m wide, and can accommodate 200 people. In partnership with DeepGreen Metals Inc, Allseas is developing a deep-sea mineral collection system to responsibly recover polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor and[…]