Key points
- In February 2025, TMC and onshore processing partner PAMCO completed a smelting campaign that produced a high-grade nickel-copper-cobalt alloy and manganese silicate.
- The campaign is part of an 18-month feasibility program to process a 2,000-tonne sample of deep-seafloor polymetallic nodules.
- The work took place at PAMCO’s Rotary Kiln Electric-Arc Furnace (RKEF) facility in Hachinohe, Japan.