Solwara 1

MANAGEMENT

Nautilus' shipbuilding contract cancelled

A Chinese shipyard has cancelled the contract for deep-sea mining hopeful Nautilus Minerals' vessel

05 July 2018

EXPLORATION

Seafloor resources all above board

Conventional mineral exploration sampling and drilling at the bottom of the ocean can be 'crushingly

06 July 2016

EXPLORATION

Frontier search driven by size of the prize

Sea-floor exploration and mining must overcome formidable nautical obstacles

27 May 2016

UNDERGROUND

DRA bags Nautilus contract

Nautilus has awarded the contract for the detailed design of the Solwara 1 dewatering plant

30 July 2015

MANAGEMENT

Deep-sea mine to leave less impact than land counterparts

Solwara 1 impact to be confined to small area around offshore mine site

03 June 2015

BASE METALS

Nautilus contract awarded to Siemens

Siemens will supply of the entire electrical installation for Nautilus' production support vessel

21 April 2015

MANAGEMENT

Nautilus' umbilical winches complete testing

The umbilical winches for Nautilus' SPTs have successfully completed factory acceptance testing

25 March 2015

FLEETS

All systems go at Nautilus

Commissioning and factory acceptance testing has begun on Nautilus Minerals' third and final seafloor

24 February 2015

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