Private Companies Archives

onJanuary 7, 2020

Da Yang Hao Survey Vessel, Designed by 701 Research Institute and Built by Huangpu Wenchong, Makes Maiden Voyage to the Western Pacific

The Da Yang Hao, designed by CSSC's 701 Institute and built by Huangpu Wenchong, made its maiden voyage to the western Pacific.

onJanuary 1, 2020

Cook Islands PM Mark Brown opened nodule exploration licensing. OML plans to apply later this year for its 23,000-sq-km area.

onDecember 18, 2019

Saildrone deployed a USV from Honolulu to study Pacific micronekton. The 30-day mission builds a baseline ahead of mining that could start in 2022.

onDecember 2, 2019

The Kunlong 500 seabed nodule collector was named one of the Seven Calling Cards of Huxiang science and technology innovation.

onDecember 1, 2019

OML launched an 8-day research voyage in Cook Islands waters. It is only the second such expedition in over 30 years.

onNovember 11, 2019

NMP answers media questions on EIA transparency, dredging, onshore handling and the toxicity of phosphate rock.

onOctober 29, 2019

Beijing Pioneer Hi-Tech and the ISA signed a 15-year contract covering 148,250 km2 of western Pacific polymetallic nodules.

onOctober 16, 2019

The third annual ISA contractors meeting, hosted by China Minmetals in Changsha from October 11 to 13, focused on the Mining Code.

onOctober 14, 2019

On October 10 China Minmetals President Guo Wenqing met ISA Secretary-General Michael Lodge in Changsha ahead of the contractors meeting.

onOctober 10, 2019

NMP calls claims that Sandpiper would devastate fishing grossly exaggerated, citing its independent expert findings.