The Metals Company

Key points The Metals Company plans to extract poly-metallic nodules from the seafloor 4,000 meters below sea level in the Pacific; the nodules contain nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese at grades 8-10 times higher than terrestrial mining. The company controls 1.6 billion tons of nodules…

Key points The company says it has partnered with ocean scientists to baseline the marine environment from sea floor to surface and study the impact of collecting polymetallic rocks. It states the rocks contain rich concentrations of cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese, the base metals used…