Deep-Sea Mineral Resource Development Technology and Equipment

Dear Colleagues,

There are large amounts of resources, including metal sulfides, polymetallic nodules, cobalt rich crusts, etc., located in the international seabed from 2000m to 6000m; however, the difficulty of mining is extremely high and has not been fully resolved. The first Deep Sea Mineral Resources Youth Academic Forum will be held in Yazhou Bay, Sanya, from January 9th to 11th, 2025, jointly hosted by China University of Petroleum (Beijing) and Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. The conference will cover relevant technologies in the fields of exploration, collection, environment, and metallurgy of deep-sea mining, helping to comprehensively achieve integrated sea trials of deep-sea mining linkage and effectively promote the commercial exploitation of deep-sea mining. We welcome colleagues to explore green, efficient, reliable, intelligent, and safe deep-sea mineral mining technologies together; to discuss scientific issues and key technologies in deep-sea mining exploration, collection, and mixed transportation; to jointly plan a deep-sea mining environmental monitoring and evaluation technology system; comprehensively promote the high-quality development of deep-sea mineral exploration, mining, environment, and metallurgical full-chain technology; and provide intellectual, technological, and core domestic equipment support for the mining of international mining areas.

Therefore, we invite you to submit your paper to this Special Issue, whose coverage is consistent with the theme of this conference. Contributions from authors that include, but are not limited to, the following areas are welcome:

• Multiphase flow-induced vibration of deep-sea mining risers
• Vortex-induced vibration of deep-sea mining risers
• Structural health monitoring of deep-sea mining facilities
• Regulations, policies and economic evaluation of deep-sea mineral resources development
• New methods, models, processes, materials and equipment for deep-sea mining
• Deep-sea mining vessels and the surface support platform
• Precise exploration technology and equipment for deep-sea mineral resources
• Deep-sea mining vehicles (polymetallic tuberculosis, sulfide, cobalt-rich crust, deep-sea rare earth)
• Deep-sea mineral resources mixed transport system (hydraulic lifting pump, pneumatic lifting, etc.)
• Intelligent diagnosis, monitoring and control of optical fiber for deep-sea mineral resources
• Power transmission and distribution of deep-sea mineral resources
• Sub-sea exploration and ROV of deep-sea mineral resources
• Deep-sea mineral resources equipment deployment and recycling
• Geology and environmental protection of deep-sea mineral resources
• Deep-sea mineral resources, rocks and soil mechanics
• Monitoring and evaluation of plume influence of deep-sea mineral resources and environment
• Safety technology and evaluation of deep-sea mineral resources and equipment
• Beneficiation technology of deep-sea mineral resources
• Deep-sea mineral resource renewable technology and equipment ancillary facilities

Prof. Dr. Shuqing Wang
Prof. Dr. Yejian Wang
Prof. Dr. Yingying Wang
Guest Editors

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