Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

I’m thrilled that these trusted and independent institutions have agreed to undertake this research, setting a high bar for future work in this industry. However, Nauru, Tonga, Kiribati and Cook Islands have already sponsored mining projects. —Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO of The Metals Company. Source: TMC. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We are not naïve to the potential risks of pioneering new industries such as deepsea minerals and we are closely following NORI’s ongoing assessment of environmental and social impacts of their offshore operations.

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Carbon Companies Nauru Kiribati 352

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2021

Ensuring this critical supply of battery metals is essential to the transition from internal combustion engines to EVs, which faces the following risks, according to DeepGreen: A slump in discovery of new metal deposits could lead to shortages in key metals such as nickel and copper from 2024-2025 onwards; Source: DeepGreen. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2021

DeepGreen Metals, which is exploring for deep-ocean polymetallic nodules as a lower impact and more cost-effective alternative to land-based mining ( earlier post ), announced an upward revision to the nodule resource reported within the NORI-D exploration contract area held by its subsidiary, Nauru Ocean Resources, Inc.

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