Impossible Metals

Impossible Metals tested a full-scale Eureka III conveyor mockup. The team built it from 3D-printed parts and PVC pipe.

Impossible Metals contrasts robotic harvesting with dredging. It claims the approach cuts seabed disturbance from mining.

INL geologist Travis McLing detailed China's mineral dominance. He said China controls 67% of global mining and 90% of rare earth output.

Impossible Metals built a wooden mockup of its Eureka III system. CTO Jason Gillham says the team tests cable routing with string first.

Impossible Metals' Jason Gillham presented model v7 in a webinar. Eureka 4 is modeled to collect 6.75 million wet tons per year at $96 per ton.

Impossible Metals built robots that selectively pick nodules. Each cycle repeats every 4 hours with ship-based robot swarms.

Oliver Gunasekara and Victor Vescovo debated deep sea mining merits. Vescovo said full output would supply under 2% of world nickel demand.

Impossible Metals released video of Smart Hook I's docking test. The hook docked autonomously with the firm's Eureka II underwater vehicle.

Impossible Metals built a tow tank lab to test its Eureka III vehicle. A Stewart platform gives it six degrees of freedom to mimic ocean motion.