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Characteristics of Oceanic Core Complexes (OCCs) in Central Indian Ridge (8 °–12 °S) by High-Resolution Bathymetry and Backscatter Images
By Seung-Kyu Son, Michael T. Chandler, Youngtak Ko, Gyuha Hwang
Over the past decade, sea-floor hydrothermal vent fields have been studied by many researchers because of their commercial potential of mineral resources and the origins of Earth’s life. Approximately
Jan 1, 2018
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Eyes in the Deep – How Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Can Support & Enhance Deep Sea Mining Operations
By Stephen Hall
Introduction Marine Autonomous Systems are making rapid progress from their early years as research tools for university departments & government institutes into having a growing number of real-world
Jan 1, 2018
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Environmental Influences On Metal Content Of Ferromanganese Crusts In The Central Tropical South Pacific: Implications For Prospecting And Resource Assessment
By Philomene Verlaan
Analysis of the relationship between environmental parameters and the content of Mn, Ni, Co, Cu, Fe and Zn in ferromanganese crusts permits improved identification of locations to prospect for crusts
Jan 1, 2001
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Studies on the Properties and Environmental Impacts of Deep Seabed Mine Tailings in Korea
By Chan Min Yoo, Kiseong Hyeong, Inah Seo
INTRODUCTION One of the major concerns for deep seabed mining is its environmental impact, from the disturbance of benthic communities due to the mining activity to the disposal of mine tailings back
Jan 1, 2018
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Development of Exploration Criteria for Massive Sulfides on Slow-Spreading Ridges – Lessons Learned from the TAG Hydrothermal Field
By Isobel Yeo, Florent Szitkar, Sven Petersen, Sebastian Graber, Meike Klischies
Technological advances and the shift towards green energies in the last decades have led to a substantial increase in the demand for metal resources. With rising political tension, and quasi-monopolis
Jan 1, 2018
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Investigations Of Seafloor Hydrothermal Mineralisation In Volcanic Arcs, Back Arcs And Continental Shelf Settings In SW Pacific And SE Asia
By Timothy F. McConachy
Between April 2000 and April 2002, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Division of Exploration and Mining has led 6 research expeditions totalling 160 days ship ti
Jan 1, 2002
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Methods of Manganese Nodule Exploration in the German License Area
By Carsten Rühlemann
Between 2008 and 2013, the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) carried out five exploration cruises to the German license area in the eastern Pacific Nodule Belt. The
Sep 14, 2011
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Back to Basics: Contract Law and the ISA Exploitation Regime
By Elizabeth McIsaac, Wylie Spicer
"In July 2016 the International Seabed Authority (the “ISA”) released a first working draft of its mineral exploitation regulations as well as the standard contract terms for mineral resources in the
Jan 1, 2017
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Manganese Nodules: Overcoming The Constraints
By William D. Siapno
Approximately a century lapsed between the time nodules were discovered and the beginning of commercial exploration in the early 1960's. A period of rapid development of exploration and mining te
Jan 1, 1985
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Managing Deep Sea Tailings Placement And The Environment: An Analogue For Deep Sea Mining
By Tracy Shimmield
Deep sea tailings placement (DSTP) techniques have been pioneered in Papua New Guinea (PNG): a mining reliant economy in a seismically active region, facing major environmental challenges in the safe
Sep 14, 2011
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Ecosystem-Based Management of the Deep Ocean: DOSI (Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative) Guidance for Seabed Mining
By Maria Baker, Kristina Gjerde, Lisa Levin, Verena Tunnicliffe, Lenaick Menot, Rachel Boschen
Deep-sea mining is rapidly approaching the test-mining phase to prepare for commercial mining in multiple oceans, both in areas within and beyond national jurisdiction. The first test-mining operation
Jan 1, 2017
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Production Determining Processes Of Subsea Deposit Removal
By Tony van der Steen
Subsea mining system are designed for the following, principally different, tasks: Dreding - The destruction and removal of seabed sediments overlaying the bedrock. Cleaning - The competence
Jan 1, 1998
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Resource Drilling Of The Solwara 1 Seafloor Massive Sulfide (SMS) Deposit
By Glen Smith
Nautilus Minerals is the world leader in exploration and development of deep ocean seafloor massive sulphide (SMS) resources. The company is currently focused on generating its resource pipeline in th
Jan 1, 2011
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Marine Diamond Mining - Now An Established Industry
By Richard H. T. Garnett
On the western continental shelf of southern Africa diamonds derived from onshore sources are concentrated in gravels within drowned terrestrial and marine geomorphological features. First discovered
Jan 1, 1998
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Deep-Sea Mineral Potential in the South Pacific Waters – The Results of the 21-year Long-term Japan/SOPAC Cooperative Deep-Sea Mineral Resources Study Programme, 1985-2005
By Nobuyuki Okamoto
The 21-year long-term Japan-SOPAC Cooperative Deep-sea Mineral Resources Study Programme was completed in March 2006. The Programme, which commenced in 1985, has seen numerous marine research surve
Sep 24, 2006
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The Stabilisation Of Vertical And Horizontal Slurry Pipelines In Mining: The Role Of The Jet Pump
By Anthony Wakefield
Dredging tends to be either horizontal or vertical. In each case solids have to be disengaged from the deposit, mobilized, acquired and elevated or translated. One means of elevation is the airlift.
Jan 1, 1998
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A Multidisciplinary Field Study of Cobalt-Rich Crusts, Tropic Seamount, North-East Atlantic: Marine E-Tech
By Mark Lee, Isobel Yeo, Sarah Howarth, Christian Millo, Javier González Sanz, Paul Lusty, Bramley Murton, Pierre Josso
"Seafloor cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts represent the most important yet least explored resource of ‘E-tech’ elements on the planet (Hein et al. 2003; ISA, 2008; Hein et al. 2010; Hein et al. 2013
Jan 1, 2017
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Exploration For Offshore Alluvial Gold And Diamonds In Coastal Ghana
By Michael R. Gipp
Marine Mining Inc. is currently exploring for marine alluvial gold and diamonds on a prospecting licence over a concession that covers 10,000 km2 of the continental shelf of Ghana. The boundaries of
Jan 1, 1998
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Seafloor Massive Sulfides And Oceanic Core Complexes At The Slow-Spreading Ridges
By G. Cherkashov
The geodiversity of seafloor massive sulfides (SMS) deposits at the slow- and ultra-slow spreading ridges is of great variety (Fouquet et al., 2010). Tectonics and magmatism are the two principal fact
Jan 1, 2011
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Mineralisation Associated with Submarine Volcanoes of the Southern Kermadec Arc, New Zealand
By Ian J. Graham, Cornel E. J. de Ronde
New Zealand lies astride a convergent plate boundary that extends north-eastwards from the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) to Tonga. This boundary is marked by the Kermadec arc, c. 1200 km of which falls wi
Aug 24, 2006