LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The global equipment rental market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 3% from 2017-2021, according to a new market research report by Technavio. The global equipment rental market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 3% from 2017-2021. Global equipment rental market segmentation by end-user and […]
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RADIO NEW ZEALAND | 14 December 2017 “Papua New Guinea’s Mining Minister says the government is committed to the controversial Solwara 1 seabed mining project. The project, led by Canada-based Nautilus Minerals, seeks to extract gold and copper from deep under the surface of the Bismarck Sea. However local community groups have launched legal proceedings […]
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COLIN J MCCRACKEN on MY GOOD PLANET | 12 December 2017 “Deep sea mining has been called the ‘new gold rush‘, as tech companies scramble to access a sea bed rich in minerals required for devices such as laptops and smartphones. It’s not only environmentalists who have been highlighting the dangers of such practices though. Academics […]
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The 3rd Annual Asia-Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit in Singapore on 21-22 November 2017 saw new technologies presented by delegates from offshore industries, bringing forth new innovations for exploration and exploitation of deep sea minerals. Presentations ranged from technology solutions for commercializing deep sea mining, to new concepts of ship building, multi-stage riser systems, umbilicals, […]
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RANDY SHOWSTACK on EOS | 22 November 2017 “The world is “on the threshold of a new industry,” the head of an international body that governs deep-seabed mining said last week. At a 14 November forum in Washington, D. C., Michael Lodge, secretary-general of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), laid out environmental and other challenges […]
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INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY | 16 November 2017 JAMAICA, Kingston – – The Authority has done a good job over its 24 years of existence of building its institutional capacity to manage deep seabed mining. Speaking at the special session on deep seabed mining at the 88th meeting of the Ocean Studies Board of the National […]
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The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is charged with regulating deep-sea mining in the Area and its environmental impacts. To evaluate these impacts, the ISA’s rules call for contractors to delineate and monitor Impact Reference Zones (IRZs) and Preservation Reference Zones (PRZs). In general, an IRZ represents the area impacted by mining operations. A PRZ, in […]
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See Deep Sea Mining Campaign’s original release Nijmegen, Netherlands and Brisbane, Australia, 25 October 2017 In a last ditch bid to rescue its experimental deep sea mining project ”Solwara 1”, the two largest shareholders of Nautilus Minerals Inc, Russian mining company Metalloinvest and Omani conglomerate MB Holdings, have formed a new company whose sole job […]
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KIRA COLEY on MARINE TECHNOLOGY NEWS | 24 October 2017 “Over millions of years, metal particles accrete onto sediment grains slowly forming lumps of commercially-valuable metallic ores in deep aphotic basins three miles underwater. As resources dwindle, mining companies are increasingly looking to the ocean to provide the metals and minerals we need. But environmental […]
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HYDRO INTERNATIONAL | October 2017 “For three years researchers from eleven countries have been working intensively on these questions on the consequences on deepsea mining on ecosystems and environmental aspects in the project “MiningImpact” coordinated by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany. This week, they discuss their findings at the project`s final […]
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