Development of Technical and Economical Examination Method for Cobalt-Rich Manganese Crusts

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn 12, Issue , 2002, Pages 454-461

  Yamazaki, T ^a   Park, S H ^b   Shimada, S ^b   Yamamoto, T ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cobalt rich manganese crust; Deep sea mining; Manganese nodule; Metallurgical processing; Ore dressing

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DEWATERING; GRAVITATION; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MANGANESE NODULES; MINING; SEPARATION;

COBALT RICH MANGANESE CRUST; DEEP SEA MINING; METALLURGICAL PROCESSING; ORE DRESSING;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 1842504974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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