In cooperation to Deep Sea Technology Illustrated by EU funded projects Blue Mining & Blue Nodules IHC Mining - Jaco van der Hoeven www.bluemining.eu www.blue-nodules.eu 12-12-2017
The Cooperation If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go deep, go together. In time progress through the mining chain requires range of relevant stakeholders - prevent 'tourism' regular dissemination - keep in touch with relevant environment a clear work program - give room for adaption, prevent hide away constant connection of the different interests of stakeholders - loss of one partner may harm the results EU program helps to structure and keep on rolling (apart from administrative challenges) Be aware that H2020 is limited to TRL 7 / 8 Slide 2
'Before it's yours, we mine it' Slide 3
Raw Materials Supply for the EU Slide 4
From resource to reserve Slide 5
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. Slide 6
Key figures project Blue Mining Industry The Blue Mining project has received funding from the European Union s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no 604500 Research Institutes 19 partners from 6 countries Start date : 1 Feb 2014 End date : 31 Jan 2018 Duration : 48 Months Total costs : 15 M Total EC Funding : 10 M Service Supplier Slide 7
Key figures project Blue Nodules The Blue Nodules project has received funding from the European Union s Horizon 2020 Programme for research, technology development and demonstration under grant agreement no. 688975 14 leading industry and research partners from 9 different countries in Europe Industry Research Institutes Start date: 1 February 2016 End date : 31 January 2020 Duration : 48 months Total EC Funding : 8 M Service Supplier Slide 8
Background Extinct SMS GEOMAR SMnN Charles D. Winters/NatureSource/Agentur Focus Slide 9
Background Extinct SMS SMnN GEOMAR Slide 10
Hydraulic design of the Vertical transport system Environmental pressures Mining Support Vessel Onboard processing Ship2Ship2Shore transport Vertical Transport System Business case Legal implications Flexible Hose Umbilical Seafloor Mining Tool In-situ Seabed processing Slide 11
Project Structure Blue Mining Slide 12
WP 1 Resource Discovery Blue Mining objectives Fast, reliable, cost-effective discovery of extinct SMS deposits and SMnN using new methods for autonomous or remotely-operated vehicles, towed systems, and analytics Slide 13
WP 5 Resource Exploitation: Design Methods and Tools Slide 14
Project Structure Blue Nodules Slide 15
Focus on: WP 2 Subsea Harvesting Equipment and Control Technology Development and testing of essential components for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules in de deep sea. These essential components are: Collectors for polymetallic nodules Propulsion system Umbilical Jumper hose Tailings and water management systems Slide 16
WP4 Sea Surface & Land Operations and Processes Reliable and Sufficient Sea Surface Facilities for the Processing and Storage of Polymetallic Nodules, Sediments, Wastes and Other Effluents. Definition of Offshore and Onshore Operations, including the Mining Vessel Layout, the Transfer Polymetallic Nodules (PN) at Sea, the Transport to (European) shore and the Scenarios for Onshore Processing. Slide 17
WP5 Assessing and minimizing environmental impacts Sources of environmental pressures at the mine site: Light pollution from the surface support vessel Trans-shipment dewatering plume Return water plume Noise, vibration Large area impacted (connectivity, ecosystem function, recovery, etc.) Generation of benthic plume Substrate removal (nodules) Removal of surficial sediment layer Sediment compaction Slide 18
The Cooperation If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go deep, go together. In time progress through the mining chain requires range of relevant stakeholders- prevent 'tourism' regular dissemination - keep in touch with relevant environment a clear work program - give room for adaption, prevent hide away constant connection of the different interests of stakeholders - loss of one partner may harm the results EU program helps to structure and keep on rolling (apart from administrative challenges) Be aware that H2020 is limited to TRL 7 / 8 Slide 19
Industry Industry Research Institutes Presenter: Jaco van der Hoeven JK.vanderHoeven@royalIHC.com Research Institutes Service Supplier End of Presentation www.bluemining.eu www.blue-nodules.eu Slide 20 Service Supplier The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union