Abstract:Subsea minerals, such as seafloor massive sulfides, rare earth elements in deep-sea mud, are found in deep sea within the exclusive economic zone of Japan. However, the development of subsea resources has not reached the commercialization stage because many technical issues still need to be addressed. Then, efforts for solving these issues are conducted in Japan and other countries. Air-lift pumping systems are one of the promising methods for subsea mineral resource productions. In developing air-lift pumping… Show more
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