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onMarch 14, 2024

TMC Applauds ~350 Former U.S. Political and Military Leaders Urging Senate to Ratify Law of the Sea for Deep-Sea Mine Sites “Each Containing a Trillion Dollars in Value”

Roughly 350 former US officials and military leaders urged the Senate to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty (UNCLOS).

The Metals Company

onMarch 13, 2024

TMC Commends U.S. Congress on Bill to “Provide Financial, Diplomatic, or Other Forms of Support for Seafloor Nodule Collection, Processing and Refining” and Advancing International Regulations for Seafloor Resources

A new House bill, RUSRA, calls for U.S. funding and support to develop domestic nodule processing and refining infrastructure.

onFebruary 26, 2024

TMC – Evaluating seafloor ecosystem function

Key points One year after 2022 test mining, the company is conducting ecosystem monitoring at 4km depth using multiple instruments to assess whether benthic communities have recovered or changed. The campaign measures impacts of sedimentation on seafloor life like sponges and corals, tracks…

The Metals Company

onJanuary 3, 2024

Pentagon to Deliver Report on Domestic Processing of Seafloor Nodules by March 1 as President Biden Signs NDAA

The FY24 NDAA signed by President Biden orders a Pentagon report on domestic seafloor nodule processing due March 1, 2024.

The Metals Company

onDecember 28, 2023

TMC Subsidiary NORI Completes Key Offshore Research Campaign, Evaluating Seafloor Ecosystem Function a Year Post Nodule Collection Test

NORI finished an offshore campaign assessing seafloor recovery a year after its nodule test, despite Greenpeace disruptions.

The Metals Company

onDecember 14, 2023

TMC Subsidiary NORI Shares Preliminary Findings on Environmental Impacts of Pilot Nodule Collection System Test

NORI's one year plume data show seafloor sediment stays low, hugging the seabed instead of drifting into open water.

The Metals Company

onDecember 12, 2023

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.

The Metals Company

onNovember 30, 2023

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.

The Metals Company

onNovember 29, 2023

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.

onNovember 23, 2023

NORI-D Environment Program Update

Key points NORI Environmental Manager Dr Michael Clarke presents preliminary benthic plume data from NORI-D, drawing on 11 years and 20 offshore campaigns plus 2022 test mining that collected over 4,500 tons of nodules. Field and lab data show roughly 95 percent of the sediment plume forms a…

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