14
May
16:55
NICKEL, COBALT, COPPER: Deep-sea mining robot under construction
The Metals Company, one of the parties interested in deep-sea mining for polymetallic nodules on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, is developing a new ocean-floor collector vehicle, Kallanish reports.
The Canada-based company has been working with Danish architectural firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group to design a robotic collector vehicle that will use jets of seawater to loosen nodules from sediment. The first collector vehicle has been engineered and is being built by …
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