NMM is an association of industry and research actors who work together to develop knowledge and expertise, and a Norwegian industry aimed at sustainable and responsible exploration and extraction of marine mineral resources.

Rystad report: Marine minerals Norwegian value creation potential

Read the report here

The forum's goal

Strengthen cooperation between industry, trade and research environments, authorities and other organisations and persons with interests in marine minerals.
Become an industry organisation for all relevant actors in the field of marine minerals.
Contribute to developing common Norwegian strategies for sustainable exploration and extraction of marine mineral resources.
Be a national mouthpiece for the extraction of marine minerals.
Strengthen the Norwegian environment's international contact and influence in the field of marine minerals. This means, inter alia, contributing to the establishment of and participation in international networks of corresponding forums.

Membership Fee

Organization that would like to subscribe can contact Secretary General Egil Tjåland for questions, egil.tjaland@ntnu.no or register here.

News

Deep sea mining at Arendalsuka

NMM organized two events on deep sea mining at Arendalsuka this summer together with GCE Ocean Technology, GCE Node and Offshore Norway. The videos from the two events can be

25. september 2023

Deep Sea Mining on the Norwegian continental shelf – Opening of acreage and strategy for management by the resources

Whitepaper from the Norwegian GovernmentMeld. St. 25 (2022–2023) (regjeringen.no)

20. juni 2023

NPD-Report on resource potential for deep sea minerals for the Norwegian extended continental shelf

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate recently announced that the Norwegian continental shelf contains a huge amount of seabed minerals – https://bit.ly/3wzUmuiThe detailed report (https://bit.ly/3HGtCia) shows an abundance of critical minerals such as

30. januar 2023