
Scandinavian Ocean Minerals Collaborates with Chalmers
Researcher Rickard Arvidsson, Associate Professor in Environmental Systems Analysis at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, is leading a groundbreaking project on sustainable ocean-based mineral extraction. We at Scandinavian Ocean Minerals are proud to contribute to this project and its vital research!
"Research on ocean-based mineral extraction indicates a lower climate impact over the lifecycle compared to land-based extraction. However, most studies have focused on deep-sea mining in the Pacific Ocean. We will specifically examine the environments of the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic, with a greater emphasis on including aspects such as biodiversity in our studies," says Rickard Arvidsson.
Scandinavian Ocean Minerals is one of the companies being studied in the project. Rickard and his colleagues at Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg will analyze data and techniques used for harvesting minerals in the Gulf of Bothnia over the next four years.
"By collaborating with Scandinavian Ocean Minerals, we gain direct access to relevant data for use in our system analyses. We will also be able to identify methods and techniques that reduce environmental impacts," says Rickard Arvidsson.
The project is funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and also involves Dr. Linus Hammar from the University of Gothenburg. Scandinavian Ocean Minerals' Robert Venema will be part of the project's advisory group.



Peter Lindberg, CEO SOM AB
peter.lindberg@som-ab.se, +46(0)73-617 95 20
Peter Lindberg, CEO SOM AB
peter.lindberg@som-ab.se, +46(0)73-617 95 20
Peter Lindberg, CEO SOM AB
peter.lindberg@som-ab.se, +46(0)73-617 95 20
Peter Lindberg, CEO SOM AB
peter.lindberg@som-ab.se, +46(0)73-617 95 20

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On theBothnia Bayseafloor lies small potato-sized lumps – nodules – that contain minerals. In theBaltic Sealies sediments.
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Via an air-lift technique, developed by Scandinavian Ocean Minerals, the seafloor is gently harvested for nodules or bottom sediment.
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On board the ship, nodules are filtered or, if sediment centrifuged
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Water and material that is not used is returned directly to the seafloor, which becomes oxygenated in the process.
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Nodules and sediment are transported to land where nodules are refined into, among other things, manganese, iron, silicon (used for batteries, solar cells and semiconductors) while sediment becomes biogas, hydrogen gas or green coal (used for fossil-free steel) .