
Blue Nodules is a research and innovation project which developed a deep sea mining system for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the sea floor with minimum environmental impact
The project has ended in July 2020
Blue Nodules Results
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Blue Nodules is a research and innovation project which developed a deep sea mining system for the harvesting of polymetallic nodules from the sea floor with minimum environmental impact.
Horizon 2020: The European Union framework programme for research and innovation.
The work has been carried out by 14 leading industry and research partners from 9 countries in Europe.
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Project interactions
The Blue Nodules project has interacted with other initiatives, current and past research projects. These are EC funded initiatives, like FP7 MIDAS (The MIDAS project addresses fundamental environmental issues relating to the exploitation of deep-sea mineral and energy resources) and ERA-MIN (Era-Min – Network on the Industrial Handling of Raw Materials for European Industries ERA-MIN is an ERA-NET program).
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