CRIMM and Ocean University of China Sign Agreement to Jointly Build National Key Laboratory
CRIMM and Ocean University of China signed agreements to jointly build a national key laboratory for deep-sea mineral resources technology.
Webinar: Where Do We Get the Metals Needed to Meet Net Zero Goals?
Key points CEO Oliver Gunasekara says Impossible Metals aims to produce 9 million metric tons of seabed material annually by 2030, using a large fleet of untethered autonomous underwater vehicles instead of traditional dredging. The company’s AUVs hover above the seabed and use AI and…
Webinar: Eureka I Demo Results & Data Review
Key points Impossible Metals reviews results from its May 17 Eureka 1 demonstration in Collingwood Harbor, Ontario, where the vehicle picked decorative lava rocks used as nodule analogs on a test bed submerged in the lake. The tethered mission achieved an 88% pick success rate with an…
Successful Shallow Water Test Demonstration of Eureka I
Key points Impossible Metals’ Eureka 1 autonomous underwater vehicle completed a fully autonomous test in Collingwood Harbor, Ontario, using its vision system to identify rocks on the seafloor, picking them up with a robotic arm and claw, and returning them to the surface. The May 2023…
Impossible Metals welcomes former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Frank Fannon to its Strategic Advisory Board
Impossible Metals added former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Frank Fannon to its Strategic Advisory Board.
The technology that can save the Baltic Sea: Scandinavian Ocean Minerals gets the green light to survey the mineral find in the Bothnian Bay
Scandinavian Ocean Minerals won a Bothnian Bay exploration permit. The two survey areas may hold 6 to 9 million tonnes of nodules.
ISA’s Legal and Technical Commission announces the selection of five (5) candidates to benefit from Deep Ocean Resources Development Co., Ltd. (DORD) training opportunities
ISA's Legal and Technical Commission selected five DORD trainees. The programme runs 30 to 40 days between October and December 2023.
Impossible Metals Successfully Demonstrates Eureka 1 in Shallow Water Test
Impossible Metals demonstrated its Eureka 1 AUV, an AI system designed to selectively harvest seabed nodules while avoiding marine life.