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TMC Announces Corporate Update on Expected Timeline, Application Costs and Production Capacity Following Part II of the 28th Session of the International Seabed Authority
NEW YORK, Aug. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or “the Company”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today provided a corporate update on expected...
Solomon Islands calls for global plastic production reduction, plans national plastic ban
31 May 2023, Paris France - The pristine beaches, vibrant forests and colourful reefs of 992 islands of the Solomon Islands are threatened by increasing plastic litter arriving on its shores, and from discarded plastic waste locally. In the...
President Tsai and President Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru hold bilateral talks
TAIWAN, November 15 - President Tsai and President Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru hold bilateral talks On the morning of November 15, after welcoming President Russ Joseph Kun of the Republic of Nauru and First Lady Simina Kun with military honors,...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Tsai welcomes President Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru with military honors
TAIWAN, November 15 - President Tsai welcomes President Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru with military honors President Tsai Ing-wen officially welcomed President Russ Joseph Kun of the Republic of Nauru and First Lady Simina Kun on the morning of...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Tsai welcomes President Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru to Taiwan
TAIWAN, November 14 - President Tsai welcomes President Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru to Taiwan On the morning of November 14, a delegation led by President Russ Joseph Kun of the Republic of Nauru, accompanied by First Lady Simina Kun, arrived in...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Tsai hosts state banquet for President Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru
TAIWAN, November 15 - President Tsai hosts state banquet for President Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru On November 15, President Tsai Ing-wen hosted a state luncheon in honor of President Russ Joseph Kun of the Republic of Nauru at the Presidential...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
TMC and Allseas Achieve Historic Milestone: Nodules Collected from the Seafloor and Lifted to the Production Vessel Using 4 km Riser During Pilot Trials in the Clarion Clipperton Zone for First Time Since the 1970s
During a 60-minute pilot collection run across ~150 meters of the seafloor, ~14 tonnes of nodules were collected by the pilot collector vehicle, transported to the surface using a 4.3-km riser system and placed into the hold of the surface...
Innovative agreement will have union workers processing critical minerals from seafloor nodules for production of electric car batteries
NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) and The Metals Company (TMC) announced that they have entered into a labor neutrality...
NEWS RELEASE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for a world without hunger;
SAMOA, July 25 - “FAO Subregional Office for the Pacific launches its 2021 Annual Report” 25 July 2022, Apia, Port Villa – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Subregional Office for the Pacific Islands launched its...
Owner: Samoan Government
Rutger Bosland, Pioneering Engineer and Technical Lead on Development of TMC’s Nodule Collection System, Joins Company to Drive Commercial Readiness
Rutger Bosland, the engineer and technical lead who oversaw the design, build and successful test deployment of Allseas’ integrated nodule collection system, joins TMC to lead offshore innovation and scale its technologies for commercial...
New Report Highlights Deep Sea Nodule Mining Danger to Pacific Ocean and Island Nations
OTTAWA and MELBOURNE, Australia, May 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report analysing over 250 peer reviewed scientific articles finds that the impacts of mining deep sea polymetallic nodules would be extensive, severe, and last for...
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2019 Article IV Consultation with Nauru
January 29, 2020 On January 22, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation [1] with Nauru. Nauru is at a point of transition with a decline in phosphate mining and the activity...
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Republic of Nauru : 2019 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Nauru
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept Publication Date: January 29, 2020 Electronic Access: Download PDF. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: Nauru is at a point of transition, given the...
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IMF Staff Completes 2019 Article IV Mission to Nauru
September 25, 2019 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent...
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TMC Welcomes U.S. Executive Order to Expedite Permitting and Evaluate Offtake of Critical Minerals from Nodules in the High Seas
Entitled ‘Unleashing America’s Offshore Critical Minerals and Resources’, the Executive Order directs Commerce Secretary Lutnick to expedite deep seabed mineral exploration licenses and commercial recovery permits in international waters under the...
World First: TMC and PAMCO Achieve Breakthrough in Commercial-Scale Processing of Polymetallic Nodules, Successfully Producing Calcine
TMC and PAMCO successfully produced calcine from a 2,000-tonne sample of nodules collected during TMC subsidiary Nauru Ocean Resources Inc.’s 2022 test mining, at PAMCO’s Hachinohe Rotary Kiln Electric-Arc Furnace (RKEF) facility in Japan The...
TMC Applauds U.S. Congressional Mandate for 2025 Defense Department Feasibility Study on Nodule Refining
The FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) mandates a Defense Department feasibility study on refining polymetallic nodule-derived intermediates to high-purity nickel, copper, and cobalt products The study, to be led by the Industrial Base...
IMF Staff Completes 2017 Article IV Mission to Nauru
January 30, 2017 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the...
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Microbix & ACPCC support efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in the Indo-Pacific
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario and MELBOURNE, Australia, March 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microbix Biosystems Inc. (TSX: MBX, OTCQX: MBXBF, Microbix®), a life sciences innovator, manufacturer, and exporter, and the Australian Centre for the Prevention of...