The Metals Company is a Canadian deep sea mining exploration company.
“While there may be technically enough metal-bearing deposits on land to meet future demand (1), those resources can only be extracted at increasingly high economic, social, and environmental cost. We believe that polymetallic nodules could contribute to supplying metal resources and alleviate some of the pressures on fragile terrestrial ecosystems.”
“The drive to decarbonise and transition away from fossil fuels is increasing demand for mined metal. We should both reduce our consumption and recycle metal, but over the next 30 years, the impact of these measures on demand for mined metal will be marginal.”
“The biggest threat to the oceans is climate change. We believe the top priority for the entire planet—including the oceans—should be achieving net-zero emissions.”
“There are three distinct types of deep-sea resources, each of which are found in differing ecosystems and vary in their impacts.”
“The ocean is the planet’s largest carbon sink, but most of this carbon is stored in the water column, not in seafloor sediments.”
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