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Blue Nodules Final Event
The Blue Nodules project ended at the end of July 2020. The consortium intended to have a Final Event to show the results and engage with multiple stakeholder groups. Arrangements... Read more
Blue Nodules article in SWZ Maritime
The January 2020 issue of the SWZ Maritime magazine includes an article on the development of deepsea mining solutions at Royal IHC with the current status of the technical possibilities,... Read more
Blue Nodules on dutch television
Blue Nodules activities were in the news on dutch television. Please have a look here starting from min 16. A written article can be found here. (only in dutch unfortunately)... Read more
Blue Nodules on website partner DeREGT Cables
DeRegt Cables publiced a newsarticle on their website about Blue Nodules. You can find it here.
Impact fragmentation of polymetallic nodules under deep ocean pressure
An article is published on www.elsevier.com written by Royal IHC and NIOZ. Please find the abstract here: The mining of poly metallic nodules from the seafloor comprises excavation or pickup, vertical... Read more
Blue Nodules General Assembly 05 in Aachen
The Blue Nodules Project had a successful fifth General Assembly meeting at the partner RWTH in Aachen, Germany.
Blue Nodules in IHC Insight magazine
As part of its involvement in the Blue Nodules project, IHC published an article in their own company magazine in which they describe how they anticipate to the future of... Read more
First field trials of seabed mining project Blue Nodules successful
During a two-week trial cruise in the Gulf of Malaga on board the Spanish research vessel Sarmiento de Gamboa, technical performance and environmental effects of the mining crawler Apollo II... Read more
Blue Nodules General Assembly 04 in Spain
The Blue Nodules Project had a very successful forth General Assembly at the partner Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya. Meeting in Vilanova i la Geltrú near Barcelona, Spain.
Blue Nodules on Dutch television
The scientific program ‘FOCUS’ had a topic on metal hunger which was shown on Dutch television on the 15th of February 2018. Around minute 9 off the episode you will... Read more
