MINING

"Vertical Approach" in deep-sea mining

Bauer has entered into a joint venture to explore new options for mining the seabed for minerals

 With the “Vertical Approach”, the template and the trench cutter are lowered using a winch instead of being placed once and then moved horizontally along the seabed

With the “Vertical Approach”, the template and the trench cutter are lowered using a winch instead of being placed once and then moved horizontally along the seabed

As a relatively small-scale intervention with a minimal ecological footprint, this approach is an ideal method for test mining and exploration of deposits up to a depth of 3,000m and was conceived in discussions...

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