Dec 06 32 Key executives have left and some have made another deep sea mining company They and other competing deep sea mining companies are going after round metal nodul Softball size metal balls that form and just are lying around in certain spots on the ocean floor A simpler and cheaper vacuum system can scoop up the nodulMay 22 32 But the price of the disruption that deep sea mining will cause to marine life could be huge as scientists say to the BBC The prospect of deep sea mining on an industrial level scale and of a potential “gold rush” for the riches of the ocean floor could occur in the next few years
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Deep sea mining is a mineral retrieval process that takes place on the ocean floorOcean mining sites are usually around large areas of polymetallic nodules or active and extinct hydrothermal vents at 1 400 to 3 700 metres 4 600 to 12 100 ft below the ocean’s surface The vents create globular or massive sulfide deposits which contain valuable metals such as silver gold copper Jan 18 32 Seabed Mining SBM is an experimental industrial field which involves extracting submerged minerals and deposits from the sea floor There are interests both for and against seabed mining however the science around the environmental impact of SBM is incomplete and unproven
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The Deep Sea Mining Frenzy Canadian mining company Nautilus Minerals has staked its reputation on bringing off the world’s first deep sea mining DSM operation The Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea has been marked out as the testing ground for this unprecedented technologyShould we mine the deep ocean Hannington thinks that companies may turn to deep sea mining for these resources even if it doesn’t make sense financially China controls the market on rare
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Jun 06 32 Expectations are high for mining companies digging deep under the sea bed for copper and other metals and the ocean is seen by many as the final frontier for commodities investorsAlthough the price of the red metal has lost its edge in recent months a steady supply of high quality copper is expected to become harder to come by and exploring underwater may prove to be part of the solutionSep 06 32 However between and a consortium of 32 European universities research institutes and mining companies known as the MIDAS project conducted an extensive scientific investigation into the potential consequences of deep sea mining Among the greatest concerns the impact of plumes of sediment dredged up from mining on species and
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Apr 02 32 Gold Miners Dig Deep — To The Ocean Floor Next year an Australian company plans to start drilling deep underwater off the coast of Papua Companies such as Lockheed Martin Soil Machine Dynamics IHC Mining and or Nautilus Minerals are developing vehicles for deep sea mining pledging they are in the position to readily
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falls on the developers ie mining companies and Governments The principle implies that there is a social responsibility to protect the public from exposure to harm In some legal systems as in the law of the European Union the application of the precautionary principle has been made a statutory requirement DEEP SEA MINING FACT SHEETAs mining companies push forward scientists who study the deep ocean are pushing back arguing this nascent industry could have untold impacts on ecosystems we barely understand and species we
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Nautilus Minerals Inc is the first company to commercially explore the seafloor for massive sulphide systems a potential source of high grade copper gold zinc and silver Nautilus is developing a production system using existing technologies adapted from the offshore oil and gas industry dredging and mining industries to enable the extraction of these high grade Seafloor Massive SulphideClick here for a full list of licenses granted to companies as of May Click here for a list of companies with an interest in deep seabed mining as of May Science The growing interest in exploiting ocean minerals has provided a boon to the deep sea scientific community with numerous research contracts Examples include
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Jin S Chung Colorado School of Mines A nodule mining system of an 18 000 ft pipe system with elastic joints and axial dampers A Mining equipment graphic A Japanese mining system for an at sea pilot system test The deep seabed promises to make an enormous contribution to the world s resource base once its potential is fully realizedJun 29 32 Andy Whitmore of the Deep Sea Mining campaign stressed “Anglo’s decision to divest on top of Nautilus’s myriad problems proves the company is running out of both credit and credibility It is not just the company that is sinking but the project and the concept of deep sea mining itself that is going down with it”
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Mar 01 32 T his is the last frontier the ocean floor 4 000 metres beneath the waters of the central Pacific where mining companies are now exploring for the rich deposits of ores needed to keep industry A FTER LISTING on the Toronto stock exchange in Nautilus Minerals became the public face of a daring new industry deep sea mining It planned to pursue riches on the ocean floor mining
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Deep sea mining company Nautilus Minerals TSX NUS has lost a backer with mining giant Anglo American LSE AAL seeking to sell its four percent share in the company In an interview with the Sand mining is the extraction of sand mainly through an open pit but sometimes mined from beaches and inland dunes or dredged from ocean and river bedsSand is often used in manufacturing for example as an abrasive or in concreteIt is also used on icy and snowy roads usually mixed with salt to lower the melting point temperature on the road surfaceSand can replace eroded coastline
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Apr 17 32 gold silver s pacific ocean mining companies OK77 AL FOUAD GOLDEN READYMADE GARMENTS SHOES CO 125 M/S SMALIMAR RUBBER INDUSTRIES ANSHUMAGGU YAHOO 138 ARCTIC TRADING COMPANY LIMITED arctic netvigator 8/FApr 02 32 Gold Miners Dig Deep — To The Ocean Floor Next year an Australian company plans to start drilling deep underwater off the coast of Papua
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