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onMarch 11, 2020

Why do we need to collect metals from the sea?

Key points DeepGreen CEO Gerard Barron tells Yale/Brown lecturer Cary Krosinsky that the low-carbon transition needs significantly more metals than today’s supply. Barron says land ore grades are falling, pushing mining into more biodiverse habitats and releasing more carbon as CO2. He…
onMarch 11, 2020

Journey of a Box Core

Key points The Metals Company is exploring an area of the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean roughly 4km deep. A box core’s round trip from the surface to the seabed and back takes about three hours.
onMarch 11, 2020

Why is your country partnering with DeepGreen?

Key points Nauru was the first developing country to participate in the International Seabed Authority (ISA). Nauru Minister Rennier Gadabu says the country partnered with DeepGreen to be part of the solution as the world moves away from fossil fuel industries. DeepGreen’s Chief Ocean…
onMarch 11, 2020

Why does the world need cleaner metals?

Key points DeepGreen CEO Gerard Barron tells Yale/Brown lecturer Cary Krosinsky that the green transition could come at a very heavy environmental price if metals keep coming from land-based mining. The company’s analysis covers full lifecycle carbon sequestration, CO2 emissions and…
onJanuary 9, 2020

Debmarine Namibia Operations video

Key points Debmarine Namibia is owned equally by the Government of the Republic of Namibia and De Beers, and mines diamonds from the seabed off Namibia’s west coast. The offshore mining license area covers about 6,000 square kilometers, of which roughly 74 square kilometers have been…
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%…

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