Economic simulations for a small scale manganese nodule mining system taking into account new technologies

Proceedings of the ISOPE Ocean Mining Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 71-75

  Handschuh, R ^a   Schulte, E ^a   Grebe, H ^a   Schwarz, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic studies; Four metal ventures; Manganese nodule exploitation; Small scale mining system; Wave energy; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INVESTMENTS; MANGANESE NODULES; MINERAL INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; WIND POWER;

MANGANESE NODULE EXPLOITATION; SMALL SCALE MINING SYSTEM; WAVE ENERGY;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0242365566     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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