The Metals Company is focused on sourcing the critical metals and minerals needed for producing batteries for electric vehicles but in a unique way. TMC CEO Gerard Barronto me in an interview in August 2021 that the oceans are filled with three different types of metal. One type, in particular, is what TMC collects. These nodules are just laying on the seafloor “like golf balls on a driving range and can be collected directly.” They are the focus of TMC.
These deep-sea polymetallic nodules TMC is collecting are filled with critical minerals and metals used in EV battery production. TMC also announced that this year, it will conduct an initial Prototype Collector Vehicle maneuverability test in the Atlantic Ocean and follow that up with pilot collection system trials in the CCZ later.
Researchers from the UK National Oceanography Centre conducted visual observations of over 30-square kilometers of seafloor. They captured over 35,000 high-resolution and video data over the course of more than 390 ROV operational hours. The data collected will be key in identifying megafauna at depths of 4,000 meters.
While exploring the gelatinous communities in the midwater column, the pelagic team, which was led by JAMSTEC, used traditional sampling methods such as nets with ROV-mounted video to conduct 130 video transects at various depths. They also used specialized D-samples and the ROV’s suction sampler to collect specimens.
Just how much of the ocean is going to be destroyed in the effort to go green.
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mwt2008 Aren't people warning AGAINST deep-sea mining?
Wow, this could be the biggest source of nickel and precious metals source in the world! Without mining. Let's hope the project is successful.