SEA MINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINING IN A DEEP SEA

摘要

The invention relates to a mining system for mining minerals from a seabed of a deep sea, wherein the mining system comprises a vessel floating at the water surface and a submerged mining assembly that is suspended from the vessel, wherein the mining assembly comprises a station above the seabed, a cable that suspends the station from the vessel, a mining head for mining minerals from the seabed, an intermediate frame that extends between the mining head and the station, wherein one end of the intermediate frame is hingeably connected to the station and the opposite end of the intermediate frame is hingeably connected to the mining head, a container that is arranged to shuttle between the station and the vessel, and a transport arrangement between the mining head and the station for transporting the mined minerals from the mining head into the container.