Open Letter to Ocean Conservation Community: Engage with us on real-world...
Dear advocates of ocean conservation, You have made it clear—you have grave and wide-ranging concerns about the impacts any future extraction of deep-sea minerals would have on the marine environment....
View ArticleGreenpeace’s Illegal Attempt to Stop a Legally-Mandated Scientific Research...
The exploration contract granted to The Metals Company’s (TMC) subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. (NORI) by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) legally requires us to conduct environmental and...
View ArticleNORI Project Updates and Resources
NORI is pleased to provide updates to stakeholders on the progress of our project and on news in our community. Newsletters NORI Quarterly Update, Q3 2022 NORI Quarterly Update, Q2 2022 NORI Quarterly...
View ArticleCyclone separator overflow
This minor event was an overflow of seawater mixed with a small amount of sediment and nodule fragments, which contain no toxic levels of heavy elements and which did not have the potential to cause...
View ArticleISA: NORI’s Integrated Collector System Test Conducted in Compliance with...
TMC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NORI, welcomes the release of the ISA Compliance Assurance and Regulatory Management Unit (CARMU) Inspection report. We appreciate the ISA’s robust auditing and...
View ArticleTMC Applauds the UN High Seas Treaty
We applaud the signing of the UN High Seas Treaty, with the goal of placing up to 30% of the world’s oceans under protection by 2030. In the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean, the...
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Lifecycle Assessment by Benchmark Shows TMC’s NORI-D Nodule Project Could...
A new lifecycle assessment by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence finds that nodule-derived products from TMC’s planned NORI-D project performed better in almost every impact category analyzed than all the...
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Discovering Biodiversity in the CCZ
TMC and our subsidiary, NORI, are proud to be among the largest funders of research enabling the discovery of new species on the abyssal plain in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ). In March 2023, NORI...
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TMC Rebuttal to Claims of ‘Dark Oxygen Production’
For over 12 years, TMC has contributed to society’s understanding of the deep sea by collaborating with leading marine research institutions. As we propose to develop a common heritage resource in...
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NORI Q&A with His Excellency David Adeang, President of Nauru
In this candid Q&A, the President of Nauru reflects on the Pacific Island nation’s deep connection to the ocean, its history with phosphate mining, and the opportunities ahead with Nauru Ocean...
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