Funding Programme:
European Commission
Status:
Completed
Completion Year:
Website/Source:
Contact Person(s):
Project Coordinator - IHC Mining
Mr. Laurens de Jonge
lj.dejonge
royalihc.com (lj[dot]dejonge[at]royalihc[dot]com)
Implementation Period:
-
Specific Funding Programme:
European Union Horizon2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement no. 688975.
Budget:
EU contribution: €7,991,137.50
About the Project:
Blue Nodules is a research and innovation project to develop a deep sea mining system for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the sea floor with minimum environmental impact.
The Blue Nodules project will develop a new highly-automated and technologically sustainable deep sea mining system for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the sea floor. The key objectives of Blue Nodules are:
- An industrially viable polymetallic nodule business case at water depths of 3,000 to 6,000 metres.
- In-situ processing (sediment separation and sizing) and onboard process (dewatering and conditioning).
- Excellent, intrinsically safe working conditions.
- Minimum environmental impact.
- Compliance with the relevant policies and regulations.
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project partners
- IHC Mining BV - Coordinator (NL);
- Dredging International NV (BE);
- Contitech Rubber Industrial Korlatolt Felelossegu Tarsasag (HU);
- IHC MTI BV (NL);
- De Regt Marine Cables BV (NL);
- Uniresearch BV (NL);
- Seascape Consultants LTD (UK);
- Global Sea Mineral Resources, DEME Group (BE);
- Bureau Veritas SA (FR);
- Stichting Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten (NL);
- Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (DE);
- Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet NTNU (NO);
- Aarhus Universitet (DK);
- Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya (ES);
- Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Registre International De Classification De Navires Et De Plateformes Offshore (FR).