Trial run concludes with record haul
Allseas and TMC concluded a two-month Pacific nodule pilot with a record 4,500-tonne haul from the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.
Allseas pilot nodule collection tests, Pacific, Oct 2022
Key points Allseas ran pilot nodule collection tests in the NORI-D area of the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific in October 2022. The tests covered Allseas’ nodule collector and its integrated systems. Equipment was deployed from Allseas’ surface collection vessel Hidden Gem.
First nodules surface after 4 kilometre journey
Allseas and partner TMC surfaced the first polymetallic nodules from the Pacific seabed, 14 tonnes in a one-hour run.
Cobalt Seabed Resources Limited (CSR)
Cobalt Seabed Resources Limited outlined its Cook Islands operations. It named Michael Henry as board chair and Eusenio Fatialofa as general manager.
Meeting with Minister for Enterprise Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson
CEO Peter Lindberg presented the firm's plans to the minister. The meeting was held on 25 August and both sides want further contact.
ISA Legal and Technical Commission announces the selection of five (5) candidates to benefit from Deep Ocean Resources Development Co., Ltd. training opportunities
ISA's Legal and Technical Commission picked five DORD trainees. Training runs 27 October to 4 December 2022 aboard a research vessel.
Impossible Metals (YC W22) Declares It’s Not Mining – But Harvesting – Critical Seabed Battery Minerals
Impossible Mining rebranded as Impossible Metals, saying it harvests rather than mines critical seabed battery minerals.
Good Intentions, Dangerous Implications
Impossible Metals pushed back on Greenpeace's deep-sea mining moratorium call, urging a new responsible extraction standard.
China Merchants Industry General Manager Hu Xianfu Holds Business Exchanges in Hainan
China Merchants Industry general manager Hu Xianfu led exchanges in Hainan on advancing deep-sea science and technology cooperation.