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onApril 14, 2022

The Critical Minerals Supply Chain

Key points China funds and operates mining projects abroad and processes and refines battery metals at home, giving it control over nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese supply chains for electric vehicles. 1,500 miles off the coast of California lies what the video calls the world’s…

onApril 1, 2022

Debmarine Namibia’s New Vessel, the MV Benguela Gem

Key points Debmarine Namibia introduces the MV Benguela Gem, a new diamond recovery vessel added to its fleet.

onMarch 30, 2022

ESG Impacts of Nickel Production

Key points Nickel laterites, set to provide most new supply growth for EV batteries, require clearing biodiverse, carbon-rich rainforests. Seafloor polymetallic nodules avoid that deforestation and could reduce risks to human health and surrounding communities.

onMarch 26, 2022

Impossible Mining PoC robotic arm & vision

Key points Impossible Metals demonstrates a custom-built robotic arm and vision system. The proof-of-concept runs in a dark test tank. The technology is patent pending.

onFebruary 13, 2022

22 02 23 Moana Minerals Public License Signing

onJanuary 28, 2022

Allseas’ Hidden Gem docking at the Damen shipyard

Key points Hidden Gem, a former 228-metre drill ship, is undergoing conversion at the Damen shipyard in Rotterdam into Allseas’ first polymetallic nodule production vessel. Work underway includes installing the vessel’s launch and recovery system (LARS), which deploys and…

onJanuary 28, 2022

Grab landing on the seafloor

Key points The footage shows a freefall grab landing on the seafloor in the Cook Islands. The grab reaches a depth of 5,124 meters (15,000 feet). The grab collects a sample of polymetallic nodules.

onJanuary 28, 2022

Moana Minerals Introduction

onJanuary 13, 2022

Expedition 5E – Benthic & Pelagic Fauna

onNovember 16, 2021

Seeing in the Dark

Key points The Metals Company is developing hardware and software to monitor its polymetallic nodule collection activities, with plans for the public to view the operations online. The monitoring system works like guard rails on a highway, defining an area of operation the company considers…

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