Working Meeting with KOMAG
KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology and the Interoceanmetal Joint Organization held a working meeting on January 21, 2022 in Gliwice, Poland to develop a polymetallic nodule mining collector.
COMRA Polymetallic Nodule Exploration Contract Online Training Programme Formally Opens
COMRA's polymetallic nodule exploration contract online training programme opened for 10 international trainees.
The 77th Council of Interoceanmetal Joint Organization
The Interoceanmetal Joint Organization held its 77th Council meeting in Szczecin, Poland from 29 November to 3 December 2021, chaired by Czech Republic representative P. Kavina.
Meeting at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
IOM and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences' Geological Institute held a seminar in Sofia on 17 September 2021 presenting preliminary results from the IOM-2019 cruise.
International Conference of the Open and Underwater Mining of Minerals
IOM took two papers on nodule economics and imaging based biodiversity monitoring to a Varna underwater mining conference.
Exploring the Unknown in the Deep North Atlantic Ocean
NOAA and USGS explored New England and Corner Rise seamounts, where thick ferromanganese crusts coat pillow lavas.
What’s in a Nodule?
Scientists cut open the nodules found on Gosnold Seamount. The ferromanganese rocks grow a few millimetres every million years.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Deep-Sea Heavy-Duty Mining Vehicle Kaituo 1 Completes 1,300-Meter Deep-Sea Trial
Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Kaituo 1 heavy-duty mining vehicle completed a 1,305-meter deep-sea trial in the South China Sea.
The 76th Council of Interoceanmetal Joint Organization
The Interoceanmetal Joint Organization held its 76th Council meeting in Szczecin, Poland, on 28-29 June 2021 in hybrid format due to Covid-19.
Ferromanganese nodules on a deep-ocean seamount
USGS researchers found a ferromanganese nodule field between two peaks of Gosnold Seamount in the North Atlantic.