CRIMM

The Ministry of Science and Technology approved an International Joint Research Center for Seabed Mineral Resources built on CRIMM.

CRIMM held a December 7 summary meeting reviewing its 2017 China Minmetals polymetallic nodule contract area survey cruise.

China Minmetals' first international seabed survey voyage returned to Qingdao aboard Xiangyanghong 06 on December 1.

Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey staff and international cobalt-rich crust trainees visited CRIMM on November 24.

China Minmetals' 2018 work tasks for its international seabed nodule contract area passed expert review at CRIMM on November 20.

China Minmetals' first international seabed survey voyage, China Ocean Voyage 47, set sail from Qingdao on August 29.

A delegation from Poland's Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences visited CRIMM on June 27 and signed a cooperation deal.

China Minmetals, the Second Institute of Oceanography and Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey signed a tripartite seabed cooperation agreement.

The State Key Laboratory of Deep-Sea Mineral Resources held its second academic committee meeting in Changsha and named a new director.

COMRA deputy director Kang Jian visited CRIMM on January 12 to review its deep-sea mineral resources development work.