Eureka II demo in harbor on 13 November 2024
Key points Impossible Metals is optimizing three characteristics of its picking system at once: accuracy, speed, and minimizing sediment disturbance. The company says it is now achieving close to its techno-economic targets on accuracy and speed of picks. Sediment disturbance reduction is…
life detection demo in the tow-tank
Key points Impossible Metals demonstrates a life-detection system in a tow-tank test, showing objects within a marked green circle being left unpicked. The system allows the exclusion zone’s circle diameter to be adjusted.
CSSC Builds the Dream, Part 2: The Mengxiang (Dream) Is Built to Be Cost-Effective
CSSC's report details how Mengxiang's design tonnage and energy use were cut to make the drilling vessel cheaper to build and run.
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.
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.
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.
Impossible Metals is Collaborating with BGR to Test Its Hovering Selective Harvesting Robot for Collecting Critical Metals from the Seabed
Impossible Metals will test its Eureka III nodule-collecting AUV with Germany's BGR in the Clarion Clipperton Zone in January 2026.
