DocumentCode :
2830122
Title :
The Atlantis II Deep Project in the Red Sea as a Source of Technology for the Development of Marine Polymetallic Sulphides
Author :
Amann, Hans
Author_Institution :
Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany
fYear :
1983
fDate :
Aug. 29 1983-Sept. 1 1983
Firstpage :
802
Lastpage :
810
Abstract :
Base and noble metals (Zn, Cu, Ag, Au, etc.) in hydrothermal sediments of the Atlantis II Deep in the Central Red Sea at waterdepths of more than 2000 m have caused considerable scientific attention and technical development during the last fifteen years. In 1976, the Saudi Sudanese Red Sea Commission awarded a contract to Preussag AG, a mining and engineering company in Hannover, West-Germany, to develop methods of ocean mining and beneficiation which would protect the ocean environment and to assess the economics of the project. Some of the results of research, development and analysis, applicable directly or indirectly to the polymetallic sulphides of the East Pacific, are: - ocean mining and offshore processing are technically feasible with adaptation of known technologies to the marine and deep sea environment, - economics of deep ocean mining depend on quantity and grade of resources and prices of metals and appear competitive compared with many conventional onshore mining projects, - ocean mining can be performed in an environmentally acceptable manner. Ocean mining is yet a novel Industry which would require appropriate legal protection, large-scale know-how exercises and about 10 years of further development to level out the learning curve to international industrial standards.
Keywords :
Biological system modeling; Ecosystems; Marine technology; Oceanographic techniques; Oceans; Performance evaluation; Protection; Sampling methods; Sediments; Testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '83, Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1983.1152199
Filename :
1152199
Link To Document :
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