NKT has been awarded a contract for the Troll West electrification project of approx. EUR 95m (approx. DKK 710m) by Equinor Energy AS on behalf of the Troll Unit.
Scientists from 29 European institutes observed as a pre-prototype nodule collector developed by Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) was deployed 4.5 kilometres beneath the sea surface where it traversed the seabed collecting nodules.
WWF and others calling for the moratorium are asking that deep seabed mining activities be put on hold until the environmental, social and economic risks are comprehensively understood
This expedition will be the first of an annual series that will document the condition of the wreck, the debris field, and the marine life found there.
Technology will allow for the detection and classification of the buried and ground underwater mines that pose a hazard to ship navigation, without being subject to conditions underwater.