Thirty-One Members of Congress Call Upon Pentagon to Develop Plan for Processing Deep-Sea Polymetallic Nodules
31 members of Congress urged the Pentagon to plan for processing seabed polymetallic nodules, citing national security.
Green Minerals AS: World first study findings on Seafloor Massive Sulphides processing capabilities – integration in conventional copper processing flowsheet possible.
Green Minerals ran a world-first SMS ore blending study with GTK. Copper recovery reached 77-80%, with 0.3% cobalt found in tailings.
Odyssey Marine Exploration Secures Strategic Debt Financing Deal
Odyssey Marine signed a debt financing deal led by Two Seas Capital to help bridge its NAFTA arbitration case.
Dutch Court Orders Greenpeace Protesters Off NORI Research Vessel, Greenpeace Complies
Amsterdam's District Court ordered Greenpeace to leave TMC subsidiary NORI's research vessel, and Greenpeace complied.
Korella North Mining Lease Application Lodgement Approved
Chatham Rock Phosphate filed Korella North's mining lease application. The application, designated ML 100379, covers 118.56 hectares for 10 years.
New Benchmark Study Highlights Impacts of Nickel and Cobalt Mining on Critical Forested Carbon Sinks Amid Battery Metals Boom
A Benchmark study for TMC quantified how nickel and cobalt mining strip forest carbon storage in Indonesia and the DRC.
Chatham’s Korella Mcp Strategy and Private Placement Update
Chatham Rock Phosphate's Korella MCP completes bench-scale trial. It also launched a private placement to close Dec. 21, 2023.
NORI-D Environment Program Update
NORI presented new benthic plume data from its NORI-D test site. Roughly 95 percent of the plume stays within meters of the seafloor.
U.S. Senators Push for UNCLOS Ratification as Members of Congress Call for ISA to Adopt Seafloor Mining Regulations
A bipartisan Senate group pushed to ratify UNCLOS while twelve members of Congress urged the ISA to adopt seabed mining rules by 2025.
Korella Fertilizers – Update on Trading Prospects
Chatham Rock unit Korella Fertilizers plans a private placement. The raise is set to close Dec. 21, 2023.