Deep seabed mining: Frontiers in engineering geology and environment

X Guo, N Fan, Y Liu, X Liu, Z Wang, X **e… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Ocean mining activities have been ongoing for nearly 70 years, making great contributions
to industrialization. Given the increasing demand for energy, along with the restructuring of …

Comparing deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining technologies and evaluating their probable impacts on deep-sea pollution

L Sitlhou, P Chakraborty - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Deep-sea polymetallic nodules (PMN) hold promise as a future resource, with various
consortia like MOES, IOM, GSR, KORDI, and COMRA actively exploring mining possibilities …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

DJ Amon, S Gollner, T Morato, CR Smith, C Chen… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining's likely impacts is
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …

An in situ study of abyssal turbidity-current sediment plumes generated by a deep seabed polymetallic nodule mining preprototype collector vehicle

C Muñoz-Royo, R Ouillon, S El Mousadik… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
An in situ study to investigate the dynamics of sediment plumes near the release from a
deep seabed polymetallic nodule mining preprototype collector vehicle was conducted in …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing plume impacts caused by polymetallic nodule mining vehicles

PPE Weaver, J Aguzzi, RE Boschen-Rose, A Colaço… - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Deep-sea mining may be just a few years away and yet society is struggling to assess the
positive aspects, such as increasing the supply of metals for battery production to fuel the …

The fluid mechanics of deep-sea mining

T Peacock, R Ouillon - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Fluid mechanics lies at the heart of many of the physical processes associated with the
nascent deep-sea mining industry. The evolution and fate of sediment plumes that would be …

Experimental mining plumes and ocean warming trigger stress in a deep pelagic jellyfish

VI Stenvers, H Hauss, T Bayer, C Havermans… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The deep pelagic ocean is increasingly subjected to human-induced environmental change.
While pelagic animals provide important ecosystem functions including climate regulation …

Slurry pumps in deep-sea mining: A review of numerical and experimental studies

R Wang, Z Zhu, X Su, K Mianowicz, H Jia, K Wu - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Slurry pumps have played a significant role in the technical framework of deep-sea mining
system. In recent years, different forms of slurry pumps have been developed for slurry …

Climate change to drive increasing overlap between Pacific tuna fisheries and emerging deep-sea mining industry

DJ Amon, J Palacios-Abrantes, JC Drazen… - npj Ocean …, 2023 - nature.com
In ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction, various legal regimes and governance
structures result in diffused responsibility and create challenges for management. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Seamount mining test provides evidence of ecological impacts beyond deposition

TW Washburn, E Simon-Lledó, GY Soong, A Suzuki - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Summary In July 2020, Japan undertook the first deep-sea mining test of cobalt-rich crusts
on the summit of Takuyo-Daigo Seamount within their exclusive economic zone (EEZ) …