On November 20, in accordance with the arrangements of the group company, the review meeting for the feasibility study of the 2018 work tasks for China Minmetals’ polymetallic nodule contract area in the international seabed area was held at Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CRIMM).
Eight review experts took part in the meeting: researcher Li Yuwei of the Consulting and Research Center of the Ministry of Land and Resources; researcher Jin Jiancai of Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Professor Huang Yongyang of the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey; researchers Chu Fengyou and Xu Xuewei of the Second Institute of Oceanography of the State Oceanic Administration; Professor Chen Xinming of the Changsha Institute of Mining Research; Professor Jiang Xunxiong of the Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy; and senior accountant Wang Laoxian of Hunan Jinlu Technology Co., Ltd. COMRA deputy director Li Bo, Zhuo Xiaojun of China Minmetals’ science and technology management department, CRIMM general manager Yang Yingliang, deputy general manager Li Maolin, and leaders of the finance department, the science and technology management department, and the Marine Institute, along with representatives of cooperation partners, attended the meeting, which was chaired by deputy general manager Li Maolin.
At the meeting, Zeng Xuan, director assistant of CRIMM’s Marine Institute, reported on the feasibility study for the contract area’s 2018 work tasks. The attending experts carefully examined the relevant materials, raised questions and held discussions on the issues involved, and offered suggestions on the choice of plans in the feasibility report. They concluded that the designed work tasks have clear objectives, that the plan adjustments and their supporting justification are well founded and can achieve the goal of reasonably improving overall cruise efficiency, that the deployment of the offshore operations and the design of the onshore work are on the whole reasonable and feasible, and that the budget is basically reasonable.
Based on the question-and-answer session, the expert panel held discussions and unanimously passed the review. The smooth passage of the review has laid a foundation for carrying out the 2018 work tasks in China Minmetals’ international seabed contract area.
