| Issue |
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 21, 2017
IInd International Innovative Mining Symposium (Devoted to Russian Federation Year of Environment)
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| Article Number | 01026 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Environment Saving Mining Technologies | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20172101026 | |
| Published online | 10 November 2017 | |
Ecological and Economic Prerequisites for the Extraction of Solid Minerals from the Bottom of the Arctic Seas
The National University of Science and Technology MISiS, 119049, Leninsky avenue, 4, Moscow
* Corresponding author: Myaskov@misis.ru
The world ocean has huge reserves of minerals that are contained directly in the water, as well as on the surface of its bottom and in its subsoils. The deposits of solid minerals on the surface of the bottom of the World Ocean are considered the most promising for industrial extraction. The deposits of ferromanganese nodules, cobalt-manganese crusts and polymetallic sulphides are considered as an object of extracting more often than others. There are the largest deposits of ferromanganese nodules in the central and southern parts of the Pacific Ocean, in the central part of the Indian Ocean, and in the seas of the Arctic Ocean near Russia. The deposits of ferromanganese nodules are a serious alternative to deposits of manganese ore on land. However, there are many factors influencing the efficiency of the development of ferromanganese deposits, the most significant are: the content of the useful component in the ore, the depth of the bottom and the distance from the seaports. It is also necessary to take into account the possible environmental consequences of underwater mining.
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