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onMarch 21, 2018

Global Sea Mineral Resources(GSR)

Key points World population is projected to reach nine billion by 2050, a nearly 30 percent increase over 30 years, driving soaring mineral demand. In the developing world, about 180,000 people move from rural areas to cities every day, adding to urbanization-driven demand for minerals used…

onJune 23, 2017

Debmarine Namibia SS Nujoma Inauguration

Key points The SS Nujoma was officially inaugurated on 15 June in a ceremony in Namibia and is described as the largest diamond exploration and sampling vessel in the world. The vessel is 130 metres long with a displacement of 12,000 tonnes and cost 2.3 billion Namibian dollars, funded 75%…

onApril 13, 2017

Exploring Our Sea Floor Production Equipment and How It Will Work

onDecember 6, 2016

Plume Model Video Background+Mining SiteB 3 0

onDecember 6, 2016

Plume Model Video Background+Mining SiteA 3 0

onAugust 18, 2016

TTR STB 2012

onMarch 27, 2013

Polymetallic Nodules

Key points UK Seabed Resources, a Lockheed Martin UK subsidiary, holds a licence to explore 58,000 square kilometres of the Pacific’s Clarion Clipperton Zone for polymetallic nodules. The planned recovery system builds on 1980s Lockheed Martin architecture originally developed through…

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