CSSC Builds the Dream, Part 1: Keeping the Mengxiang (Dream) Steady to Drill 11,000 Meters
CSSC's report explains how Mengxiang was engineered to hold station steadily in heavy seas to achieve 11,000 meters of drilling capability.
India felicitates foreign ISA Trainees from 6 countries in Ocean Exploration after completion of specialised programme conducted by Ministry of Earth Sciences:
Dr Jitendra Singh felicitated ISA trainees from six nations. The programme covered polymetallic nodule and sulphide exploration under the ISA.
New Publications
Two 2024 studies apply deep learning to nodule abundance estimates and measure natural radioactivity in polymetallic nodules.
2024 Cruise to the China Minmetals Polymetallic Nodule Contract Area Returns in Triumph
The 2024 China Minmetals polymetallic nodule contract area cruise returned to Zhoushan after 111 days and about 13,800 nautical miles at sea.
Chatham Rock Phosphate Reports on Results of 2024 Agsm
Chatham Rock Phosphate held its 2024 annual and special meeting. Shareholders ratified all matters at the Nov. 15 meeting.
Mengxiang (Dream) Ocean Drilling Vessel Officially Enters Service
The Mengxiang ocean drilling vessel, designed by CSSC's 708 Institute and built by Huangpu Wenchong, officially entered service.
Into the Deep Earth: China’s First Ocean Drilling Vessel Mengxiang Formally Enters Service
Mengxiang, China's first domestically built ocean drilling vessel with 11,000 meter drilling capability, entered service in Guangzhou.
The Nodule Field in the BGR License Area in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ)
The Nodule Field in the BGR License Area in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ): a video from Impossible Metals.
Korella North Holdings Consolidated with Grant of Epm 28882
Chatham Rock Phosphate granted exploration area EPM28882 in Qld. It comprises two subblocks near Korella North's EPM29589 and ML100379.
Marine Mineral Formations in the Arctic Ocean Challenge Existing Geologic Theories
A USGS study finds Arctic iron and manganese oxides formed from frictional heating along faults, not volcanic hydrothermal activity.