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Key points Frank Fannon, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, discusses testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs days earlier on breaking China’s dominance of critical mineral supply chains. Fannon says China controls 60 to 90 percent of…

Key points Jason Gillham, CTO/COO and co-founder of Impossible Metals, walks through Eureka II, described as the company’s proof-of-concept underwater collection system for selectively picking up nodules. The vehicle’s vision system uses deep-sea lights outputting just under…

Key points Impossible Metals plans to test its Eureka 3 underwater collector robot in BGR’s exploration contract area, with operations expected around 2027. The company projects all-in sustaining costs of roughly $1,500 per metric ton of nickel, approximately one-tenth the cost of…

Key points RAND researchers Tom LaTourrette and Fabian Villalobos present a co-authored report analyzing seabed mining’s impact on critical mineral supply chains, terrestrial mining revenue, and geopolitics. The report projects nickel and cobalt demand could double, or rise as much as…