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Company exploring the world s largest known deposit of battery metals in deep-sea polymetallic nodules can help Europe decarbonise swiftly and effectively.
A reliable and responsible supply of metals for the clean energy transition will be key if Europe is to meet its increasingly ambitious emissions reductions targets.
Soaring demand for electric vehicle battery metals due to the phaseout of gasoline-powered cars could see shortages of key metals such as nickel and copper as early as 2024.
The Metals Company s deep-sea nodule resource brings the potential for an abundant and low-cost supply of critical battery metals that can be processed in Europe with a fraction of the environmental and social impacts of land ores.
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DeepGreen Metals, a developer of the world’s largest estimated source of battery metals for electric vehicles (EVs), today announced that Environmental Expedition 5B, which focuses on characterizing the pelagic or open sea component of the marine environment in its NORI-D contract area, is conducting research on site in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean. The research campaign is the first of five science expeditions planned for this year as part of an ongoing, multi-year seafloor-to-surface research program the most rigorous and integrated deep-sea study to date.
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The current expedition on the Maersk Launcher, with a crew of 57 people, includes a team of 37 marine researchers from independent institutions including the University of Hawaii, Texas A&M University and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). The team is currently condu