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    Update On The United Nations International Seabed Authority Deliberations

    By Charles L. Morgan

    In June 1996, the United Nations International Seabed Authority opened shop in Kingston, Jamaica as an autonomous international organization charged with the administration of seabed mineral developme

    Jan 1, 2000

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    The Effect of SMS Composition on Their Density Properties for Resources Estimation

    By Irina Dobretsova, Anna Sukhanova, Anatoly Kondratenko, Svetlana Babaeva, Sergey Andreev

    "With the acceptance of an application and a signed contract for prospecting deep-sea sulfides (2012) between the Russian Federation and the ISA, at present it is particularly important to assess the

    Jan 1, 2017

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    CBM Stimulation by Borehole Mining: 10 Years After

    By Grigori Abramov

    Borehole Mining (BHM) is a remotely operated underground and underwater method of extracting (mining) mineral resources by high-pressure water jets. It can be carried-out from the land surface, open p

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    Geochemical Assessment of Heavy Metals in Nodule Mining Disturbance Sites: Implications for Standard Development and Monitoring

    By Andrea Koschinsky, Sophie Paul

    "INTRODUCTIONOnce again deep-sea mining has been receiving a lot of attention in recent years. Industrial and political advancements also call for environmental baseline studies and analyses to aid th

    Jan 1, 2017

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    The Eastern Manus Basin, Papua New Guinea: Modern Analogue Of A Mineralized Province With Lessons For Land-Based Exploration

    By Raymond A. Binns

    The Eastern Manus Basin (EMB) contains three major active hydrothermal zones and a number of smaller occurrences of hydrothermal deposits, and can be considered as a regional-scale modern analogue for

    Jan 1, 1998

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    Seafloor Hydrothermal Mineralization: New Discovery

    By Peter A. Rona

    The Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the central North Atlantic and the Gorda Ridge within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone off northern California and southern Oregon are yielding new discoveries of seafloor hy

    Jan 1, 1992

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    Compositional Variation And Genesis Of Ferromanganese Crusts Of The Afanasiy-Nikitin Seamounts, Equatorial Indian Ocean

    By V. K. Banakar

    The occurrence of hydrogenous ferromanganese encrustations (Fe-Mn crusts) on the Cretaceous age Afanasiy-Nikitin Seamounts (ANS) in the eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean (EEIO) was first reported by Ban

    Jan 1, 2005

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    Special Report On Stockpile 2000 Workshop

    By Michael J. Cruickshank

    A workshop to examine recovery systems for selected strategic and critical materials in the U.S. National Seabeds for the National Defense Stockpile in the 21st Century was held in Hawaii September 26

    Jan 1, 1991

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    Recent “Tonguan” Hydrothermal Field and Associated Massive Sulfides on the South Mid-Atlantic Ridge

    By The DY125-33(Leg 2) Science Parties, Chuanshun Li, Xuefa Shi, Bing Li

    "The slow-spreading Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), with a length of ~1.26*104km (Bird, 2003), is the longest mid-ocean ridge on this plant. Separated by the large, left-stepping Equatorial fracture zones,

    Jan 1, 2017

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    Ocean Mining - Problems A And Today's Results - 1.0 Introduction

    By Manfred Krutein

    Ocean mining has a number of problems which are critical to its development: ? Political hurdles on national and international stages ? The worldwide economic situation, with the possibliity of a

    Jan 1, 1978

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    Pilot Mining Robot for Polymetallic Nodules and Pre-Pilot Mining Tests

    By Sup Hong

    A pilot mining robot, named MineRo-II, has been developed by KIOST during 2011-2012. The pilot scale was defined as 1/5 of the commercial mining capacity, 1.5 million dry-tons of nodules per year. The

    Sep 14, 2011

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    Rare Metal Contents Of Deep-Sea Mineral Resources Explored By Korea And Their Implications For Exploitation

    By Sang Joon Pak

    Deep-sea mineral resources explored by Korea are categorized into mainly three types; manganese nodules, manganese crusts and seafloor massive sulfides. Manganese nodules have high Pt enrichment facto

    Jan 1, 2011

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    Nautilus Minerals - Commercializing Submarine Massive Sulphide Systems

    By Michael Johnston

    Nautilus Minerals is exploring for high-grade gold, silver, copper, and zinc-rich submarine massive sulphide deposits (SMS) within the territorial waters of the sovereign state of Papua New Guinea.

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    Design of Power Distribution System for Deep-Sea Mining: What are the Criteria and Challenges?

    By Elisabetta Tedeschi, Razieh Nejati Fard

    Deep-sea mining is in the future perspective of mining industry and it is currently in the technological development phase. The focus of this study is on the electrical power system that provides suff

    Jan 1, 2018

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    A Geologic Survey Of The Near-Shore Regions Around White Island, New Zealand; Sidescan Imagery, Rock And Gas Samples From The 1995 MMTC-WIS Survey.

    By Gregory J. Kurras

    In 1995 the Marine Minerals Technology Center (MMTC) of the University of Hawaii conducted a sidescan sonar survey and sampling expedition of the submarine geology and hydrothermal systems surrounding

    Jan 1, 2011

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    Hydrothermal Activity and Mineralization in Submarine Volcanoes of the Tonga Arc, Western Pacific

    By Jonguk Kim

    Submarine hydrothermal activity and mineralization related to island arc volcanism along the Tonga arc were explored during two research cruises in October 2009 (KODOS 09H) and February 2010 (KODOS 10

    Jan 1, 2010

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    Adaptation of Environmental Monitoring Methods from the Oil and Gas Sector for Seabed Mining

    By Karsten Hagenah, Tor Jensen, Jens Laugesen, Øyvind Fjukmoen, Lucy Brooks

    "The methods and technologies to be used for environmental monitoring of seabed mining activities are a key issue. Due to the large water depths, there are special challenges with respect to the monit

    Jan 1, 2017

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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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    The Application of Current Benthic Assessment Expertise to the Marine Mining ? A Perspective on Best Practice from the UK

    By Daniel Brutto

    Environmental considerations are a key driver within the marine mining consenting process across different national and international legislative regimes and are critical in shaping the global public

    Sep 14, 2011

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    The Benthic Impact Experiment (BIE): A Study Of Environmental Impacts Of Manganese-Nodule Mining On The Abyssal Seafloor

    By Dwight D. Trueblood

    The Benthic Impact Experiment (BIE) is designed to address the effects of sediment redeposition prior to the commencement of commercial mining. The experiment is being conducted in collaboration with

    Jan 1, 1992