/marine-minerals?format=feed Marine Minerals en-US Wed, 16 Apr 2025 07:18:46 -0400 /news/524741-india-stretches-bids-deadline-for-13-offshore-deep-sea-mineral-blocks India has extended an auction of deep-sea blocks containing critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other products until May 1, a spokesperson at… Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:18:46 Z /news/524741-india-stretches-bids-deadline-for-13-offshore-deep-sea-mineral-blocks /news/508046-explainer-why-does-norway-want-to-mine-the-seabed Norway may become the first country to start commercial deep sea mining, if parliament approves a government proposal to open an offshore area larger than the United Kingdom… Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:02:57 Z /news/508046-explainer-why-does-norway-want-to-mine-the-seabed /news/508035-norway-should-call-off-deep-sea-mining-plans-key-ally-says Norway's minority government should withdraw its proposal to open a vast Arctic offshore area to deep sea mining and call at least a ten-year moratorium on the activity… Thu, 14 Sep 2023 07:35:03 Z /news/508035-norway-should-call-off-deep-sea-mining-plans-key-ally-says /news/506213-deep-sea-mining-threatens-biodiversity-25-times-more-than-land-based-mining-report-says Extracting minerals from the ocean floor could negatively impact biodiversity on a scale of up to 25 times greater than land-based mining, and fixing the damage would cost twice as much as extraction… Fri, 30 Jun 2023 07:16:18 Z /news/506213-deep-sea-mining-threatens-biodiversity-25-times-more-than-land-based-mining-report-says /news/504532-norway-s-npd-taps-argeo-for-deep-sea-mineral-exploration-in-knipovich-ridge Norway-based offshore survey firm Argeo said Thursday it had won a deep-sea survey contract comprising multi-sensor data acquisition with AUV for the Norwegian Petroleum… Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:59:18 Z /news/504532-norway-s-npd-taps-argeo-for-deep-sea-mineral-exploration-in-knipovich-ridge /news/502811-transocean-s-drillship-to-be-used-for-deep-sea-mineral-exploration ÔƶĄ¶ÄłˇŔĎ»˘»ú drilling company Transocean has agreed to invest in DEME Group’s subsidiary Global Sea Mineral Resources NV (“GSR”) in exchange for a non-controlling stake in the company… Fri, 10 Feb 2023 08:03:59 Z /news/502811-transocean-s-drillship-to-be-used-for-deep-sea-mineral-exploration /news/500142-video-historic-moment-as-seabed-nodules-collected-and-lifted-to-production-vessel-using-4-km-riser The Metals Company (TMC) said Wednesday it had collected an initial batch of seafloor polymetallic nodules, and transported them up a 4km-long riser system to the… Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:42:02 Z /news/500142-video-historic-moment-as-seabed-nodules-collected-and-lifted-to-production-vessel-using-4-km-riser /news/499956-tmc-s-nori-starts-monitoring-environmental-impact-of-of-pilot-nodule-collection-system-trials The Metals Company (TMC),  a company gearing up for commercial metallic nodule collection from the seabed, said Wednesday that a team of independent scientists from… Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:09:33 Z /news/499956-tmc-s-nori-starts-monitoring-environmental-impact-of-of-pilot-nodule-collection-system-trials /news/497371-marine-minerals-a-new-opportunity-for-subsea-oil-and-gas-technology 2023 could be a significant year for subsea mining, both in Norway and internationally. Norway’s environmental impact assessment for marine mining is ongoing, and… Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:22:37 Z /news/497371-marine-minerals-a-new-opportunity-for-subsea-oil-and-gas-technology