Deep-Sea Polymetallic Sulfide Mining Vehicle Completes Shallow-Sea Trials
A CSSC 702 Institute deep-sea polymetallic sulfide mining vehicle completed shallow-sea trials in waters near Lianyungang.
Ultra-Deepwater Ocean Scientific Drilling Vessel Named and Begins Sea Trials
The ultra-deepwater drilling vessel Mengxiang, designed by CSSC's 708 Institute, held its naming ceremony and first sea trial on December 18.
China’s First Ocean Drilling Vessel Officially Named Mengxiang, Begins Sea Trials
China's first domestically built ocean drilling vessel was named Mengxiang and departed Nansha, Guangzhou, for sea trials on December 18.
TMC Subsidiary NORI Shares Preliminary Findings on Environmental Impacts of Pilot Nodule Collection System Test
NORI's one year plume data show seafloor sediment stays low, hugging the seabed instead of drifting into open water.
Thirty-One Members of Congress Call Upon Pentagon to Develop Plan for Processing Deep-Sea Polymetallic Nodules
31 members of Congress urged the Pentagon to plan for processing seabed polymetallic nodules, citing national security.
Odyssey Marine Exploration Secures Strategic Debt Financing Deal
Odyssey Marine signed a debt financing deal led by Two Seas Capital to help bridge its NAFTA arbitration case.
Dutch Court Orders Greenpeace Protesters Off NORI Research Vessel, Greenpeace Complies
Amsterdam's District Court ordered Greenpeace to leave TMC subsidiary NORI's research vessel, and Greenpeace complied.
New Benchmark Study Highlights Impacts of Nickel and Cobalt Mining on Critical Forested Carbon Sinks Amid Battery Metals Boom
A Benchmark study for TMC quantified how nickel and cobalt mining strip forest carbon storage in Indonesia and the DRC.
Serendipitous discovery of one of the largest inactive SMS mineral deposits in Norwegian waters
The EMINENT project's Deep Insight cruise may have found the largest extinct mineral deposit on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the team said.
U.S. Senators Push for UNCLOS Ratification as Members of Congress Call for ISA to Adopt Seafloor Mining Regulations
A bipartisan Senate group pushed to ratify UNCLOS while twelve members of Congress urged the ISA to adopt seabed mining rules by 2025.