CRIMM and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Sign Agreement to Jointly Build Marine Heavy Equipment and Systems Technology Laboratory
CRIMM and Shanghai Jiao Tong University agreed to jointly build a Marine Heavy Equipment and Systems Technology Laboratory.
BOEM Potential Critical Minerals Sales and Bidder Qualifications
BOEM detailed its process for potential competitive lease sales of Outer Continental Shelf areas for critical seabed minerals.
South Taranaki Seabed Mining Proposal Rejected in Draft Ruling
New Zealand's Fast Track Panel issued a draft ruling rejecting Trans Tasman Resources' South Taranaki seabed mining proposal.
Deep Sea Minerals Corp. Announces Closing of Oversubscribed $4.22 Million Private Placement
Deep Sea Minerals closed an oversubscribed $4.22 million private placement at 40 cents per share, CEO James Deckelman said.
Innovation at Depth – Make it Float
Key points Buoyancy modules cut the collector vehicle’s effective weight from about 90 tons in air to roughly 15 tons on the seabed, letting it maneuver with a low footprint. Post-pilot surveys showed the collector disturbed only the top sediment layer, leaving ripples just a few…
U.S. Policy Momentum Signals a Reshaped Critical Minerals Landscape – and Odyssey is Ready
Odyssey Marine Exploration CEO Mark Gordon says U.S. policy moves on Project Vault and Cook Islands ties align with Odyssey's portfolio.
Impossible Metals vs Conventional Dredging for Deep Sea Mining
Key points Impossible Metals compares its autonomous robotic harvesting of polymetallic nodules to conventional dredging methods used by competing deep sea mining operations. The company positions its selective, robotic approach as reducing seabed disturbance relative to broad-area dredging.…
Green Minerals: 2H 2025 report and presentation
Green Minerals AS published its half-year 2025 financial report. The company will host an audiocast on 5 February 2026 at 10:00 CEST.
Japan Tests Deep-Sea Rare Earth Mining to Reduce Dependence on China
Japan recovered rare earth-rich seabed sediment from 6,000 metres near Minami-Torishima, a world-first test using the vessel Chikyu.
Innovation at Depth – Collect Nodules, Not Mud: The Coanda Effect
Key points TMC’s Allseas-designed collector uses Coanda nozzles, a concept dating to the 1970s, that generate lift through curved flow to pick up nodules without digging or dredging the seabed. The system targets two impact zones: the benthic plume at the seafloor and the mid-water…