Deep Marine Mineral Resources

ISBN-13: 9789402402971 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 150 str.

Yves Fouquet; Denis LaCroix

Opis

This study takes stock of knowledge about mineralisations and associated metals, technologies for exploring and exploiting them, biodiversity and the potential impact of exploitation on the deep environment and the partnerships which are vital for France and Europe.

Spis treści

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART ONE Study summary
Challenges
Framework
Methodology
Cross-cutting challenges by metal type
Scenarios and related challenges
Legal aspects
Technological innovation challenges
Results and recommendations
PART TWO Thematic contributions
1. Deep-sea environment; Joëlle Galéron
2. Rare and strategic metals; Yves Fouquet with the collaboration of Bruno Martel-Jantin
3. Characteristics and formation process; Yves Fouquet
4.Scientific knowledge and challenges related to hydrogen; Jean-Luc Charlo, Jean-Pierre Donval, Fabrice Brunet, Manuel Munoz & Olivier Vidal
5. International law and its evolution; Élie Jarmache
6. Training organisations and establishments in France and Europe; Alain Cheilletz & Marcia Maia
7. Access to raw materials - A historical. legal and geopolitical vision; Antoine Valéry
Conclusion
Bibliography
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 - Acronyms
Appendix 2 - Study methodology
Appendix - 3 Steering Committee
Appendix - 4 Working Group
Appendix - 5 Experts consulted
Appendix - 6 Advantages and constraints of the main deep-sea minerals
List of authors
Associate partners

O autorze

Yves Fouquet, holding a PhD in metallogeny and an accreditation to direct research (HDR), joined Ifremer in 1982, where he is currently head of the Geochemistry and Metallogeny laboratory. He is one of the specialists in hydrothermal systems on ocean ridges. In 2010, he was awarded the Grande médaille Prince Albert 1^er de Monaco.

Denis Lacroix is an engineer by training with a PhD in animal science and has been a researcher at Ifremer for the past thirty years. He has worked in the field of aquaculture and in international relations, both in overseas France and the Mediterranean. Since 2006, he has led the foresight unit at Ifremer and was coordinator of the study on Marine renewable energy sources, published in 2009 by Editions Quæ.

Blurb

The risks of shortages for some crucial metals and uncertainty about the land-based reserves of several others justify the search to diversify our sources of supply and investigate their potential.  Mineral resources in the deep sea are attracting increasing interest with the progressive discovery of various forms of ores. France possesses areas of deep seafloor in the three oceans, as well as world-class human and technological resources and know-how, resulting from over 40 years of experience.

This study takes stock of knowledge about mineralisations and associated metals, technologies for exploring and exploiting them, biodiversity and the impacts on the deep environment and the partnerships which are vital for France and Europe.

This information will be useful for decision-makers in drawing up strategies, defining research and development programmes and in enhancing and developing commercial utilizations for these high-potential resources.