Polymetallic nodules are softball-size, metal-rich rocks strewn across enormous seafloor fields. And massive sulfide deposits, such as the ones being mined by the crew of the Coco, are big mounds ...

The world's first seafloor massive sulfide mining project ... Under terms of the contract the extracted sulfide from the Solwara 1 deposit in the Bismarck Sea, off Papua New Guinea, will be ...

More information: Erik Wurz et al, Adverse effects of crushed seafloor massive sulphide deposits on the boreal deep-sea sponge Geodia barretti Bowerbank, 1858 and its associated fauna, Deep Sea ...

Learn how Besshi-type volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits are helping scientists understand ridge subduction, volcanic activity, and the formation of Japan’s unique geological landscape.