An article titled Unlocking Europe’s resources: the strategic potential of IOM deep sea polymetallic nodules for critical metals supply (Baláž et al., 2025) has recently been published in the journal Economics and Environment. The paper investigates the potential of seabed polymetallic nodules in the IOM claim area in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the Pacific Ocean … Read more
Szczecin (Poland) The 84th meeting of the IOM Council was held from 9 to 13 June 2025 at the IOM headquarters in Szczecin, Poland. The topics discussed by the Plenipotentiary Representatives of the IOM member states included exploration activities of the organization, matters related to the third extension of the exploration contract with ISA, and … Read more
CCZ (Pacific Ocean) On 26 December 2024, the Interoceanmetal Joint Organization science team boarded the research vessel Anuanua Moana in San Diego, USA. The exploration was carried out in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, in an area covered by the contract for exploration for polymetallic nodules signed between the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and the IOM. The … Read more
Szczecin (Poland) The 83rd meeting of the IOM Council was held at IOM Headquarters in Szczecin, Poland, from 25 to 29 December 2024. The main topics discussed by the Plenipotentiary Representatives of IOM Member States were organizational issues related to the activities of the organization. One of the main goals of the meeting was to … Read more
Automated estimation of offshore polymetallic nodule abundance based on seafloor imagery using deep learning (Tomczak et al., 2024) was published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. This paper advocates for the automation of polymetallic nodules detection and abundance estimation using deep learning algorithms applied to seabed photographs. Convolutional neural network framework was proposed, … Read more
Busan (Republic of Korea) IOM representatives T. Abramowski and P. Baláž took part in the ISA annual contractors meeting held in Busan (Republic of Korea) on 30 September – 2 October 2024 under the theme “Fostering dialogue and collective actions for effective regulatory compliance of activities carried out in the Area.” The meeting was jointly … Read more
Szczecin (Poland) On 25 June 2024, Dr. P. Balaz, a geologist of the Interoceanmetal Joint Organization, gave a presentation at the Geocentrum of the University of Szczecin. The lecture entitled “Polymetallic nodules – metal resources on the Pacific seabed” was aimed at presenting polymetallic nodules as a source of critical metals for securing the needs … Read more
Szczecin (Poland) The 82nd meeting of the IOM Council was held from 10 to 14 June 2024 at the IOM headquarters in Szczecin, Poland. The topics discussed by the Plenipotentiary Representatives of the IOM member states covered organizational and legal issues related to the activities of the organization, matters related to the third extension of … Read more
Arendal (Norway) The IOM representative K. Mianowicz took part in the GeoHab 2024 conference held in Arendal on 6-10 May 2024, presenting the talk Habitat mapping as a management tool for the projected exploitation activities in the IOM’s license area in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. The GeoHab conference is the annual event focusing on Marine Geological … Read more
Southampton (UK) Representatives of IOM T. Abramowski, K. Mianowicz and J. Jerzy took part in the environmental contractor’s collaboration workshop which was held from 10 to 11 January 2024 in Southampton, UK. Contractors presented their work, methodologies, discussed potential collaboration regarding to habitat mapping, pelagic baseline, data management and action under each topics. K. Mianowicz … Read more