Frontiers in Deep Sea Mining: Current Status and Future Prospects
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Oceans".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 4195
Special Issue Editors
Interests: deep sea mining total system; mining robot; mining pipeline; hydraulic lifting pump
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There are abundant mineral resources at the bottom of the ocean at a depth of several thousand meters, which vary in type and have large reserves and high grades. In the current situation of resource shortage, deep-sea mining has great potential for development, which is of enormous significance to mankind in its search for alternatives to onshore mineral resources.
The commercial exploitation of deep-sea mining faces many unresolved issues. Deep seabed ore resources are often in extreme environments and have a special occurrence state, which places extremely high requirements on the reliability and safety of deep-sea mining operation systems. In addition to the extremely high demand for technical equipment, the important issues that restrict the commercial exploitation of seabed mineral resources are the economic benefits of mining and the environmental protection of marine ecology.
Scholars have actively carried out deep-sea mining research and have achieved fruitful results in the exploration of mining methods, technical prototypes, and related operating equipment. Great strides have been made in the development of commercial extraction systems for deep-sea mining, with significant progress seen in key mining technologies such as deep-sea mineral resource analysis, deep-sea mining system design, intelligent control of deep-sea mining vehicles, mining head structures and collection strategies, hydraulic lifting and conveying methods, and surface support vessel systems.
However, there are still many gaps in related research that need to be filled. The purpose of this Special Issue is to gain a more in-depth understanding of the development of existing deep-sea mining technologies, analyze key issues that need to be solved urgently, and point out the direction for subsequent research on deep-sea-mining-related technologies. This Special Issue will summarize the development history of deep-sea mining technology research, focus on analyzing and classifying feasible deep sea mining systems and the progress of sea trials and laboratory research that have been carried out around the world, and look ahead to the future development prospects of deep-sea mining under the requirements of commercial exploitation.
Prof. Dr. Yu Dai
Dr. Yangrui Cheng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- deep sea mineral resources
- deep sea mining system
- mining robot
- mining pipeline
- hydraulic lifting system
- surface supporting system
- sea trial
