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Acoustic and Inertial Positioning Solutions for Underwater Mining Applications
By Pierre-Yves Morvan
One of the numerous challenge for underwater mining is the positioning. This paper describes an architecture for the integration of an Ultra Short BaseLine (USBL), an Acoustic Synthetic BaseLine (ASBL
Jan 1, 2017
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PROD – A “Swiss Army® Knife” for Deepwater Exploration
By Alan Foley
The Portable Remote Operated Drill was developed in Sydney, Australia in the 1990’s. The device is a platform for many in-situ seabed sampling and coring tasks. The range of tools developed for use in
Sep 24, 2006
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Conceptual Proposals for Environmental Investigations of Deep-seabed Mining
By Eric J. Foell, Hjalmar Thiel, Gerd Schriever
Environmental studies for the mining of polymetallic nodules (PN) from the deep sea may be traced back for some 35 years.
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Simple And Effective Sampling Methods For Marine Minerals Exploration
By J. R. Woolsey
The cost of an offshore exploration project is mainly dependent on the size of the vessel engaged for the work and increases dramatically with increasing size. Of the various factors influencing vesse
Jan 1, 1986
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Small Scale Geothermal Development Potential For Pacific Volcanic Islands
By Harry J. Olson
Geothermal Energy has a great potential for meeting the electrical and thermal energy requirements of many countries and territories lying along tectonically active zones within and surrounding the Pa
Jan 1, 1991
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Alaska's Marine Minerals: A Case For Assessment And Evaluation
By James C. Barker
Alaska's expansive continental shelf represents future opportunities for marine mineral development. Although today's metal prices and subsidized foreign mineral production continue to disco
Jan 1, 1991
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Possibilities For Commercial Minerals In The Irish Offshore Area
By M. Geoghegan
Under the provisions of the U.N. Law of the Sea Convention Ireland is likely to have mineral rights to an area of continental shelf some six times its present land area. Apart from the major potential
Jan 1, 1988
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Chatham Rise Phosphate Project ? Technical and Environmental Challenges and Economic Opportunities to Marine Phosphate Extraction in New Zealand
By Chris Castle
Following the recent award of a prospecting license by the New Zealand Government, Widespread Energy Ltd. (Widespread) is focused on the acceleration of its exploration program in order to bring a pot
Jan 1, 2010
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Gallium-rich Hydrothermal Ferromanganese Crusts from the Sea of Japan Underwater Volcanoes
By P. Mikhailik
Recently, characterized by fast development high- and nano-technology, demand for rare and trace metals has increased. One of such metals is gallium. Gallium compounds, mainly GaAs, are used in medici
Jan 1, 2010
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Current Status Of Korean Deep Seabed Mining In Korea
By Jung-Keuk Kang
Recently, the Korean government prepared a strategy for deep seabed mining, which consists of three stages for 20 years until 2010. The first step of the program is focused to conduct deep seabed expl
Jan 1, 1992
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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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Germany’s Exploration for Seafloor Massive Sulfides in the Indian Ocean
By Harold Gibson, Ulrich Schwarz-Schampera, Ralf Freitag, Hendrik Mueller
INTRODUCTION Germany has a long history in marine research in the Indian Ocean. The first German scientific cruise started in 1964, followed by a series of state-sponsored research cruises between 198
Jan 1, 2018
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The Approach To Environmental Impact Assessment For Mining Seafloor Massive Sulfides In Japan ?DNA Analysis For Biodiversity Conservation By The Genetic Connectivity Concepts
By Teruyoshi Narita
In Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) commenced a research and development (R&D) project on seafloor massive sulphides (SMS) in Japan?s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the 2008
Sep 14, 2011
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GSR’s PROCAT-Project: Technical de-Risking of Deep Sea Mining Equipment – A Step-By-Step Approach towards Future Exploitation
By Kris De Bruyne
Since 2013, GSR has undertaken 4 exploration campaigns, which focused on environmental baseline monitoring (marine biology), resource definition and technological change. The seabed nodule collection
Jan 1, 2018
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The Vertical Mining Approach for SMS Deposits – Chances and Challenges
By Leonhard Weixler, Peter Platzek
The Company Bauer Maschinen is very well known in the field of specialist foundation equipment. In the diaphragm wall market, we have experiences both in manufacturing and executing projects all over
Jan 1, 2018
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Offshore Phosphate Deposits: New Developments In U.S. Waters
By W. C. Burnett
The land phosphate deposits of the U.S. southeastern coastal plain have long been a major factor in the world trade of phosphate rock (Fig. 1). As recently as 1979, deposits of North Carolina and Flor
Jan 1, 1986
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Deep Seabed Resource Potential
By G. A. Gross
Technological development in the last two decades has provided access to the deep seabed and opened a new frontier for exploration. Interest in Canada has focused mainly on study of metallic mineral o
Jan 1, 1985
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Gas Hydrates as a Future Energy Resource – Scientific Aspects and Perspectives
By Christian Müller, Hermann-Rudolf Kudrass, Christian Reichert
Recent studies estimate the depletion mid-point (dmp) for conventional natural gas to be reached around year 2022, and for conventional oil to be reached around year 2017. These numbers are based on
Aug 24, 2006
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Sulphuric Acid Pressure Leaching Of The Matte Prepared From Deep-Sea Manganese Nodules
By Kyung-Ho Park
The smelting leaching process is known as one of the most favorite methods for the processing of deep-sea manganese nodules because of its smaller environmental impact and easiness of manganese recove
Jan 1, 2003
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Mineralogy and the Incorporation Mechanism of Economic Relevant Metals Such As Ni, Cu, Co and Mo of Mn-Nodules from the German License Area within the Clarion-Clipperton Zone
By Thomas Kuhn, Anna Wegorzewski
"INTRODUCTIONPolymetallic nodules from the Clarion and Clipperton Zone (CCZ) within the equatorial NE Pacific Ocean show high concentration of economic important strategic metals such as Ni, Cu, Co, M
Jan 1, 2017