Interoceanmetal

The Interoceanmetal Joint Organization held its 76th Council meeting in Szczecin, Poland, on 28-29 June 2021 in hybrid format due to Covid-19.

Three IOM representatives took part in the ISA Secretariat's fourth annual virtual meeting of exploration contractors on 19 and 22 April 2021.

The Interoceanmetal Joint Organization held its 75th Council videoconference on 26 November 2020, re-electing Dr Tomasz Abramowski as Director General.

An Italian government workshop brought offshore oil and gas together with deep seabed mining; IOM presented its results.

Interoceanmetal has published a Megafauna Atlas assessing the abundance, composition and distribution of deep sea megafauna in the H22 exploration block of its Clarion Clipperton Zone licence area.

The Interoceanmetal Joint Organization held its 74th Council meeting by videoconference on 8 June 2020, chaired by Andrei Gagelganc, with all six member states represented.

DeepGreen and Nori briefed stakeholders in San Diego on the impact studies behind a future nodule exploitation application.

Interoceanmetal Joint Organization is offering two training opportunities for candidates from developing States in a six-week polymetallic nodules programme running September-October 2020.

The Interoceanmetal Joint Organization held its 73rd Council meeting in Szczecin, Poland on 25-29 November 2019, chaired by Andrei Gagelganc.

IOM delegate Kamila Mianowicz attended a workshop on standardizing Regional Environmental Management Plans in the Area, hosted by Germany in Hamburg from 11 to 13 November 2019.