On Our Radar: Deep-Sea Mining
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By , on July 5th, 2010 2 comments   Mining, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , ,  

Deep-sea mining as been our radar for awhile. Now it’s on NYT’s Green Blog. Put it on yours. The Chinese government announces plans for deep-sea mining; it will seek copper, nickel and cobalt 5,000 feet down in international waters. Prior DSN posts about mining the seafloor NIOT will starts the next phase of fields trials . . . → Read More: On Our Radar: Deep-Sea Mining

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Unfortunate News of the Week
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By , on March 21st, 2010 4 comments   Conservation & Environment, Geology, Industry & Government, Vessels and Equipment   , , ,  

The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in India’s motto is “The Technology for Harnessing the Wealth of the Ocean Starts Here.” In April, NIOT will start the next phase of fields trials at 1000m for deep-sea mining equipment. Trials of the crawler were already successfully completed at 500 meters. Why such the interest in . . . → Read More: Unfortunate News of the Week

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Excuse me sir there is a call
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By , on February 18th, 2009 One comment   Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government   , , , , , ,  

Nautilus CEO: Hello Official Representative of Teck Cominco Limited: This is —-, I have some good news and some bad news. CEO: Good news first Rep: We’ve had some good times together, a great relationship. I’ve really enjoyed that CEO: Yeah remember that time in PNG… Rep: Uhhh, yeah…but umm…I really need to tell you . . . → Read More: Excuse me sir there is a call

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A Brief Pardon for the PNG Deep
A Brief Pardon for the PNG Deep avatar

By , on December 29th, 2008 Leave a comment   Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Rick at MBSL&S and the Southern Fried Scientist (mmm…chicken fried steak) beat me to the punch on this but that does take away from the moment. Nautilus (you can see this post on the company and their operations) according to press release announces it has decided to adopt a more cautious strategy and to preserve . . . → Read More: A Brief Pardon for the PNG Deep

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