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The Metals Company contracts CSIRO-led consortium to develop environmental monitoring and management plan for deep-sea nodule collection

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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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The Metals Company and Low Carbon Royalties form strategic partnership

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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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Deep-sea battery metal developer DeepGreen going public with SPAC to become $2.9B (equity value) The Metals Company

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This is generating the world’s largest industrial waste stream and gigatons of emissions, poisoning ecosystems and people’s health, and driving potential labor exploitation including child labor. The reality is that the clean energy transition is not possible without taking billions of tons of metal from the planet. Source: DeepGreen.

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DeepGreen Metals revises undersea polymetallic nodules resources upwards

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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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