Today(September, 23), the forty-eighth World Marine Minerals Conference will open in Sanya, Hainan. Nearly 200 experts and scholars from more than 20 countries and regions including China, the United States, Britain and Germany will meet the environment, regulations and In terms of technology, we will discuss how to develop seabed mineral resources sustainably.
The development and utilization of marine mineral resources has always been a hot topic of concern to the international academic community and society. The seabed is rich in metal deposits such as gold, copper, manganese, cobalt, molybdenum and lithium. It is an important raw material for the development of sophisticated equipment, intelligent instruments and new energy batteries. Countries are generally optimistic about the deep-sea mining market and the deep-sea mining industry and vigorously develop seabed mining. In the past five years, more than ten countries including France, New Zealand and Cook Islands have signed marine mineral exploration contracts, and seabed mining has gradually become industrialized. In recent years, with the successful development of a number of advanced marine equipment such as "Jilong", "Deep Sea Warrior", "Hai Ma" and "Qianlong No.2", China has continuously made breakthroughs in marine mineral exploration and development technology, and has been internationally leading in some fields. Level.
The organizers believe that promoting the development of deep-sea mineral resources is an important direction for China to accelerate the construction of a maritime power, deepen the implementation of science and technology and the development of marine resources. This conference is not only a platform for the exchange of research and development of global marine minerals, but also a valuable opportunity for Chinese research institutes and enterprises to showcase their achievements in this field and explore the development of marine mining industrialization.
Organized by the International Marine Mineral Society (IMMS), which is headquartered in Hawaii, USA, the World Marine Minerals Conference is the largest and most influential international conference in the world of marine minerals research and development. It has a history of 47 years and is held in September-October every year in cities where different members are located.
Sanya, the host of this conference, is close to the deep sea. The sea range is only 80 nautical miles away from the depth of 1000 meters. It has a natural advantage for marine mineral development research. In recent years, Sanya has accelerated the accumulation of domestic resources for marine development and utilization. The Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering, China Merchants Institute Industrial Group Co., Ltd., China State Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China Ocean Universities such as universities and other domestic marine development and utilization units have successively entered, which has injected a powerful driving force for the development of marine mineral resources.
