Impossible Metals Archives

onDecember 6, 2022

Eureka! Impossible Metals Reveals Successful Proof of Concept for Sustainable Seabed Mining of Critical Minerals

Impossible Metals' Eureka 1 AUV completed its first proof-of-concept trial of selectively harvesting seabed rocks on December 6, 2022.

onDecember 5, 2022

Impossible Metals proved its Eureka I AUV can harvest seabed nodules. In November 2022, it retrieved nodules from 25 meters depth.

onOctober 4, 2022

Dredging Deep Sea Mining: a video from Impossible Metals.

onAugust 19, 2022

Impossible Mining rebranded as Impossible Metals, saying it harvests rather than mines critical seabed battery minerals.

onAugust 16, 2022

Impossible Metals pushed back on Greenpeace's deep-sea mining moratorium call, urging a new responsible extraction standard.

onJuly 12, 2022

Impossible Metals' Renee Grogan signed a Seabed Mining Science Statement from 600-plus scientists and pledged to address its concerns.

onJune 21, 2022

Impossible Metals closed $10.1 million in seed funding led by Justin Hamilton to develop its deep-sea robotic collection technology.

onMarch 28, 2022

Impossible Metals unveiled its robotic nodule collector, partnered with Boskalis, and signed over $500 million in Letters of Intent.

onMarch 26, 2022

Impossible Metals shows off a new robotic arm and vision system.

onNovember 3, 2021

Impossible Metals unveiled plans for AI-driven selective nodule harvesting and a clean metals refinery, backed by seabed mining scientists.