The 84th Meeting of the IOM Council
IOM's 84th Council met in Szczecin in June 2025 to weigh exploration, commercialisation and a third ISA contract extension.
IOM-2024 Research Cruise
The Interoceanmetal Joint Organization completed a research cruise from 26 December 2024 to late January 2025 studying its Clarion-Clipperton Zone exploration block H22.
The 83rd Meeting of the IOM Council
IOM's 83rd Council met in Szczecin in December 2024 to set a common strategy and pick out its main areas of development.
New Publications
Two 2024 studies apply deep learning to nodule abundance estimates and measure natural radioactivity in polymetallic nodules.
7th ISA Annual Contractors Meeting
IOM representatives T. Abramowski and P. Baláž attended the 7th ISA Annual Contractors Meeting in Busan, Republic of Korea, held 30 September to 2 October 2024.
Lecture Polymetallic Nodules – Metal Resources on the Pacific Seabed
Dr. P. Balaz of the Interoceanmetal Joint Organization gave a lecture on Pacific seabed polymetallic nodules at the University of Szczecin on 25 June 2024.
The 82nd Meeting of the IOM Council
IOM's 82nd Council met in June 2024, appointing Krzysztof Galos for Poland and revisiting the third ISA contract extension.
GeoHab Conference 2024
IOM representative K. Mianowicz presented on habitat mapping for CCZ exploitation activities at the GeoHab 2024 conference in Arendal, Norway.
Environmental Collaboration Workshop
IOM representatives joined an environmental contractor collaboration workshop in Southampton, UK on 10-11 January 2024.
Former Director General Prof. Kotliński Passed Away
Professor Ryszard Kotliński, longtime Director General of the Interoceanmetal Joint Organization and President of the Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, has died.