Minerals: The Metals Company, the company that wants to conquer the abyss
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The "Hidden Gem" mining vessel is operated by the startup The Metals Company in hopes of harvesting precious resources from the seabed. Charles M. Vella/SOPA Images/Zuma/Réa
Main promoter of deep-sea mining, The Canadian company The Metals Company is doing everything it can to force access to the depths, which is currently prohibited by international law. It recently moved closer to Donald Trump, who signed an executive order on April 24th authorizing this practice. A risky gamble.
North of the island of Borneo, an imposing ship has been anchored for over a month in Brunei Bay, a handful of giant vacuum robots on board. This is the Hidden Gem , a drilling ship operated by a small, unknown Canadian company: The Metals Company (TMC). Its ambition? To collect polymetallic nodules, small pebbles rich in critical metals like nickel and copper, thousands of meters below the ocean's surface, in the depths of the abyss.
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