Minister of Petroleum and Energy Tina Bru gave this opening speech at the Marine Minerals 2021 hosted by GCE Ocean Technology and Norwegian forum for Marine Minerals (NMM) on June 3rd 2021:

Througout Norwegian history, our ocean resources have been the common denominator that we have built our wealth, industry and welfare on.

We are now about to start what can be the next chapter in our marine story: mining of seabed minerals.

(...) our service and supply industry is well positioned to take an active part in the exploration and extraction of seabed minerals – given their track record in technology, deep sea activities and operations in harsh and remote environments.

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