Green Minerals 2H 2025 webcast
Green Minerals reported a smaller 2H 2025 loss and lower spending. Norway blocked its first licensing round, delaying it up to four years.
Innovation at Depth – Make it Float
TMC's new collection system sharply cuts seabed disturbance. It disturbs sediment to just 3 cm, versus about 80 cm for older tech.
Impossible Metals vs Conventional Dredging for Deep Sea Mining
Impossible Metals contrasts robotic harvesting with dredging. It claims the approach cuts seabed disturbance from mining.
Innovation at Depth – Collect Nodules, Not Mud: The Coanda Effect
TMC's Allseas-designed collector lifts nodules using Coanda nozzles. Its 2022 CCZ test found 98% of sediment resettles within 1-2 km.
Webinar: Critical and Strategic Minerals; a National Priority
INL geologist Travis McLing detailed China's mineral dominance. He said China controls 67% of global mining and 90% of rare earth output.
Test Early, Test Often: Real-World Prototyping for the Eureka III System
Impossible Metals built a wooden mockup of its Eureka III system. CTO Jason Gillham says the team tests cable routing with string first.
Thorium Tracing
A Nature study used thorium tracing to test seafloor plume claims. Plumes fell to background levels within 1-2 km of the mined area.
Webinar: Introducing v7 of the Impossible Metals Techno Economic Model
Impossible Metals' Jason Gillham presented model v7 in a webinar. Eureka 4 is modeled to collect 6.75 million wet tons per year at $96 per ton.
Midwater Plumes – What does the data tell us?
TMC modeled midwater sediment plume impacts from nodule mining. 95% of sediment settles within 1-2 km of the collector.
Leah Faye Cooper, Digital Style Director at VOGUE, steps aboard the MV B
Vogue's Leah Faye Cooper tours Debmarine Namibia's MV Benguela Gem. The video details its diamond recovery tech and sourcing practices.