Huge Demand for Deep See Mining Industry
Huge Demand for Deep See Mining Industry Deep-sea mining is a growing branch of experimental seabed mining, in which minerals and debris are extracted from the seabed at depths of 200 meters or more. Currently, most of the mining effort is confined to shallow coastal waters, where sand, tin and diamonds are more easily accessible. There are three types of deep-sea mining that have generated a lot of interest: the mining of polymetallic nodules, the mining of polymetallic sulfide, and the mining of cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts. Get Sample PDF Leading players of Deep See Mining Industry : Eramet Group, Hydril Pressure Control (GE Hydril), Nordic Ocean Resources AS (Nora), Teledyne Technologies, Lockheed Martin, Nautilus Minerals, DEME Group Most of the proposed deep-sea mining areas are located near polymetallic nodules or active and extinct hydrothermal vents at 1,400 to 3,700 meters below the sea surface. The vents form spherical or massive sulphide deposits that contain valuable...