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Aug 12 2024•Deep Ocean Mission is an initiative by the Government of India to explore the deep ocean for resources and develop deep sea technologies for sustainable use of ocean resources •
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Located in the Bismarck Sea the Solwara 1 project will be the world s first deep seabed mining project where it is aiming to extract copper gold and silver Batker and Schmidt 2024 The Solwara 1 site is a small area of 11 ha at a depth of 1600 m with a total maximum predicted disturbance of 14 ha
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India s mining site is at about a depth of 5 500 metres where there is a high pressure and extremely low temperature Explains Dr Ramadass head of the Deep Sea Technologies Group National Institute of Ocean Technology Chennai We have developed and demonstrated the mining technology with artificial nodules at 500 metres depth
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Deep sea mining is the process of retrieving mineral deposits from the deep seabed the ocean below 200m Depleting terrestrial deposits and rising demand for metals mean deep sea mining may begin soon even though research suggests that it could destroy habitats and wipe out species
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Insights into China s progress and future plans for deep sea exploration from the secretary general of China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and Development Association Japan and Belgium which have successfully launched mining tests on the deep sea floor at over 2 000 or even 6 000 metres deep but we have only succeeded in an underwater
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Jul 8 2021As part of this plan India will develop a manned submersible that can carry three people to a depth of 6 000 metres in the ocean with a suite of scientific sensors and tools Along with this an integrated mining system will be developed to bring up mineral ores from the deep
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the book aims to provide the following to the readers • creates an understanding of deep seabed mining on aspects like o availability of mineral resources on the seabed o the technology required and developed to exploit these minerals o technological advancements made by india and the world fxxx deep seabed mining in the indian …
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Deep sea mining is one of the most tightly regulated uses of the ocean It is the only part of the global commons that is administered under an international regime says Lodge
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India s progress in particular is as follows In 2024 14 National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research Goa and NIOT Chennai had conducted a preliminary study on the project Depth of the Ocean was measured using a multibeam sonar and side scan sonar imaging device
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Jun 26 2022Provisions for deep sea mining were included in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Ram Guha Modi India FPLive site 3 2 Ramachandra Guha on Modi s India December 12 2024
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Deep sea mining is one of the most tightly regulated uses of the ocean It is the only part of the global commons that is administered under an international regime says Lodge No state or entity can explore or exploit the seabed except under contract to the ISA agreed to by all 168 members
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Its primary function is to regulate exploration for and exploitation of deep seabed minerals found in the Area which is defined by the Convention as the seabed and subsoil beyond the limits
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India s anxieties vis a vis Chinese deep sea mining capability are sharpened by Beijing s history of using of rare earths as a bargaining chip to extract strategic concessions Consider for instance the 2024 episode when China blocked Japan s supply of rare earth minerals for two months over skirmishes relating to disputed territorial claims in the China Seas
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The European Union s Raw Material Initiative was released in November 2024 and was the first policy pronouncement to indicate an interest in and support for seabed mining EU Commission 2024 Furthermore marine mining and deep sea mining are part of the 2024 EU s Blue Growth strategy under the thematic area of marine mineral resources
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Jul 2 2021The government aims to develop an integrated seabed mining system for mining polymetallic nodules from 6 000 metre depth in the central Indian Ocean The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences which is the nodal department for the project said that they are looking at maintaining a balance between marine ecology and energy security of the country
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India to test deep sea mining machine at 6 000 metres by year end 8 Aug 20 9 We will pump it out again in the same lo ion he said The test will also include locomotion trials of the seabed crawler The search for potato Get Price An Overview of Seabed Mining Including the Current Frontiers
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Jul 5 2021chennai a 27 member scientific crew from chennai based national institute of ocean technology niot an autonomous body under the union ministry of earth sciences created history in april
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The Indian government which has spent about US$40 million surveying the site estimates that reserves of the nodules — which are rich in manganese copper nickel cobalt and iron — could be worth as much as US$200 billion
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Jul 5 2021Seabed Mining As India plans deep seabed mining concerns about marine biodiversity emerge The country aims to develop an integrated system for mining polymetallic nodules from 6
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Sep 28 2021The Metals Company formerly DeepGreen one of several companies planning to mine nodules in the Pacific has accused BMW Volvo and the other companies of irresponsible claims In a statement
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These metals are not widely available in India so they have strategic importance said Ramadass whose team is set to attempt mining at a depth of 5 500 metres by 2024 as per a Reuters report India s goal is to become self reliant in the supply of these minerals and it is not in a race with anybody Ramadass added
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Aug 20 2021There are three main marine environments which provide possible sources of deep seabed metal bearing minerals polymetallic nodules on abyssal plains polymetallic crusts which have formed on the surface of seamounts an undersea mountain formed by volcanic activity and the sulfide deposits formed by hydrothermal vents both active and inactive
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Aug 12 2021According to Dr Amon mining could damage the deep sea in multiple ways The vehicles could destroy the top of the seabed leading to an inevitable loss of life among animals there More importantly robots could also emit plumes of sediment which could cover fauna in the area around the mining site The ocean is very interconnected
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Sep 25 2021It lives near fissures on the seafloor from which geothermally heat water discharges These are east of Madagascar an area in the Indian Ocean being explored for deep sea mining
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Jun 14 2022In April 2024 via our newsletter IRMA notified our followers of our position on deep sea mining Because deep sea mining is increasingly a topic of conversation of late we are republishing that statement here IRMA was not developed to assess the unique risks associated with deep sea mining and cannot be used to describe best practice for
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Jul 1 2021The ocean floor is a goldmine of potato like polymetallic nodules rich in minerals used for making electric car batteries The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs CCEA last month approved the Rs 4 077 crore Deep Ocean Mission proposed by the Ministry of Earth Sciences More than Rs 2 800 crore will be spent during the first phase of the
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The need for deep sea mining According to the Indian Minerals Yearbook 2024 on nickel released by the Indian Bureau of Mines IBM the country s entire nickel demand is met through imports Though cobalt is available in a few states IBM lists the seabed nodules as resources for cobalt and nickel indicating the country s ambition to
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According to Xue Guifang China started research into deep sea mining in the 1980s and has had 40 years of reliable funding and outcomes since then Therefore Xue Guifang doesn t rule out the
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Reuters In the 1870 Jules Verne classic 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea underwater explorer Captain Nemo predicted the mining of the ocean floor s mineral bounty — zinc iron silver and gold
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Aug 25 2021India has several deep sea mining claims in both areas beyond national jurisdiction and within their national waters These include polymetallic nodule fields in the Indian Ocean both beyond and within national borders as well as seafloor massive sulphide deposits on the Central Indian Ridge
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