Deep Sea Mining

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New report by the 'Voice of German Industry', BDI - Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V., notes that Germany cannot afford to be left behind on deep-sea mineral exploitation and should engage in regulations to allow responsible operations. "Japan, Saudi Arabia, Norway - more and more countries are focusing on the extraction of raw materials in the deep sea. Germany cannot escape this trend." "The question now is rather when - and not whether - the commercial mining of manganese nodules will come. In November 2022, the German government declared its support for a precautionary pause in deep-sea resource extraction. This step is not very effective. This is because there is no majority for it internationally or in the [ISA] with its 169 member states. Therefore, a precautionary pause or a unilateral moratorium will neither lead to less extraction of raw materials in the deep sea nor to more environmental research or the development of high environmental protection standards." Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eKCmTZEd #deepseamining #energytransition #criticalminerals #offshore #industry #nickel #copper #cobalt #manganese

Nu är det bara fyra dagar kvar. På måndag, den 7 oktober, är det äntligen dags. Då åker vi ut med vårt eget undersökningsfartyg R/V Bothnia Surveyor för att under två veckor göra nya undersökningar i Bottenviken. Med ombord finns tolv personer: en kapten, en styrman, tre matroser, en kock, tre medarbetare från oss på Scandinavian Ocean Minerals och tre personer från vår samarbetspartner Sweco. Det känns spännande att äntligen komma igång med de fysiska provtagningarna. De ska hjälpa oss att få en mer exakt uppfattning om hur stor mängd mineralrika mangannoduler som finns på havsbotten. Skrivbordsjobb i all ära, men det är ute på havet som det verkliga arbetet sker.

World First: TMC and PAMCO Achieve Breakthrough in Commercial-Scale Processing of Polymetallic Nodules, Successfully Producing Calcine. Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/eX8Rj6Ne #deepseamining #criticalminerals #energytransition #metallurgy #processing #nickel #cobalt #copper #manganese