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Key points DeepGreen’s Expedition 5A (Nov-Dec 2020) is the first campaign in its environmental impact assessment, run with research teams from Leeds University, the University of Gothenburg, the Natural History Museum and Florida State University. The campaign has four components: box…

Key points DeepGreen describes partnering with ocean scientists to baseline the marine environment from seafloor to surface and study the impact of collecting polymetallic rocks. The rocks contain concentrations of cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese, the base metals used in batteries. The…

Key points Gerard Barron (DeepGreen, now The Metals Company) and architect Bjarke Ingels present the case for mining seafloor polymetallic nodules, which contain nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese, to supply materials for electric vehicle batteries. The companies say sourcing metals from…

Key points The exploration vessel departed San Diego at 00:50 hours with 55 people on board, beginning Expedition 5A. The six-week voyage is part of DeepGreen’s baseline environmental studies in the NORI-D contract area. Researchers will characterize benthic fauna and surface biota and…

Key points The webinar, delivered September 23, 2020 to Imperial College London’s Centre for Environmental Policy, presents a yearlong study by Daina Paulikas and Dr. Steven Katona comparing the impacts of sourcing battery metals from land-based ores versus deep-sea polymetallic…

Key points Gerard Barron, DeepGreen’s chairman and CEO, addresses students at Imperial College Business School’s Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, citing a World Bank estimate that the green transition will require five times today’s metal production. He says…

Key points The yearlong study, led by consultant Daina Paulikas and marine ecologist Dr. Steven Katona, compares environmental, social and economic impacts of sourcing battery metals from land ores versus deep-sea polymetallic nodules, using a scenario of 1 billion electric vehicles.…