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Key points Engineers drove the pilot collector vehicle over 80 km across the seafloor in NORI-D, collecting approximately 4,500 tonnes of polymetallic nodules. The system lifted over 3,000 tonnes of nodules up a 4.3-km riser to the surface vessel Hidden Gem. The Allseas-designed pilot system…

Key points TMC’s NORI-D program tests the technical performance of a prototype nodule collector vehicle and measures its impacts in a controlled area of the seabed. The monitoring campaign runs in three phases: a baseline program before impact, a collector test phase measuring effects…

Key points TMC and Allseas conducted the first integrated nodule collection system test in the Clarion Clipperton Zone since the 1970s. During a 60-minute pilot collection run covering about 150 meters of seafloor, the collector vehicle gathered roughly 14 tonnes of nodules. The nodules were…

Key points The Metals Company says it has identified 1.6 billion tons of nodules on just two of its blocks. The footage shows mobilization activity in Hawaii ahead of the pilot nodule collection system test.