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Appendices
The working method is broken down into five points:
• What are we talking about?
Objectives: outline the system; build a common language on marine mineral resources (expertise, relative certainties, uncertainties).
• The development potential of marine mineral resources by 2030
Objectives: put forward an interpretation of the strategic challenges for the main
metals; take into account the range of interests in marine mineral resources: economic, heritage, scientific, geopolitical; evaluate their attractiveness and the associated challenges.
• The development context of marine mineral resources by 2030
Objectives: there are three main objectives. Firstly, to take into account changes in
the legal, economic and geopolitical environment that affect access to the potential of deep-sea mineral resources; hypotheses and scenarios. Secondly, to identify
environmental, technological and scientific requirements, constraints and drivers.
Thirdly, to combine global scenarios, the context of action and associated challenges for the national development strategy.
• Possible development mechanisms and requirements
Initially, for each type of deposit, to analyse useful functional aspects (research,
demonstrators, equipment, expertise, infrastructures…) and their potential. Thereafter, to evaluate the interest and feasibility of mechanisms according to the degree
of preparation of national players (research, industry) and several additional criteria: costs and outlay, availability of technologies, organisational skills and knowhow. For reasons of confidentiality, the results and contributions to this phase have
not been presented.
• What strategy?
Principles and recommendations. Long term coherent framework, ambitions. How
to: the strategy. Legal adaptations. Short and medium term commitment proposals,
resources, organisation (partnership platform…).
In the final phase, the group restructured the results and their presentation in
order to facilitate their operational use.
Main Points of the Method
Stage 1. What are we talking about? State of the art and knowledge During the
framework definition phase, four types of sites and their associated resources were
selected: cobalt-rich and platinum-rich crusts; hydrothermal sulphides; polymetallic
nodules; natural hydrogen production sites.
The group first conducted an initial analysis of the mining potential of these sites
by considering four types of interest: scientific, economic, strategic (supply security)
Appendices
The working method is broken down into five points:
• What are we talking about?
Objectives: outline the system; build a common language on marine mineral resources (expertise, relative certainties, uncertainties).
• The development potential of marine mineral resources by 2030
Objectives: put forward an interpretation of the strategic challenges for the main
metals; take into account the range of interests in marine mineral resources: economic, heritage, scientific, geopolitical; evaluate their attractiveness and the associated challenges.
• The development context of marine mineral resources by 2030
Objectives: there are three main objectives. Firstly, to take into account changes in
the legal, economic and geopolitical environment that affect access to the potential of deep-sea mineral resources; hypotheses and scenarios. Secondly, to identify
environmental, technological and scientific requirements, constraints and drivers.
Thirdly, to combine global scenarios, the context of action and associated challenges for the national development strategy.
• Possible development mechanisms and requirements
Initially, for each type of deposit, to analyse useful functional aspects (research,
demonstrators, equipment, expertise, infrastructures…) and their potential. Thereafter, to evaluate the interest and feasibility of mechanisms according to the degree
of preparation of national players (research, industry) and several additional criteria: costs and outlay, availability of technologies, organisational skills and knowhow. For reasons of confidentiality, the results and contributions to this phase have
not been presented.
• What strategy?
Principles and recommendations. Long term coherent framework, ambitions. How
to: the strategy. Legal adaptations. Short and medium term commitment proposals,
resources, organisation (partnership platform…).
In the final phase, the group restructured the results and their presentation in
order to facilitate their operational use.
Main Points of the Method
Stage 1. What are we talking about? State of the art and knowledge During the
framework definition phase, four types of sites and their associated resources were
selected: cobalt-rich and platinum-rich crusts; hydrothermal sulphides; polymetallic
nodules; natural hydrogen production sites.
The group first conducted an initial analysis of the mining potential of these sites
by considering four types of interest: scientific, economic, strategic (supply security)