Impossible Metals

Name: Impossible Metals
Address: 2265 E Foothill Boulevard, Pasadena, CA, 91170, US
Telephone: +14088907158

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At the virtual SOSV Climate Tech Summit, don't miss the "Greener Mining for Critical Minerals" panel on September 27 at 11:45 am and the discussion including:
• Expanding the mineral supply
• Reducing the carbon and environmental mining footprint
• Insulating the supply chain from geopolitics

Register for this free event today: https://zurl.co/jEDH

Minimizing Sediment Plume: Innovating AUV Technology for Polymetallic Nodule Collection

09/25/2023

Learn about our novel approach to harvesting from the seabed with an AUV with unique hovering capabilities and specialized arms to gently collect nodules, aiming to minimize sediment suspension and ultimately create no plume: https://zurl.co/pBnj

Minimizing Sediment Plume: Innovating AUV Technology for Polymetallic Nodule Collection At Impossible Metals, our goal is to harvest critical metals from the seafloor with minimal impact on the ecosystem. Our end effector testing and optimization is one of the ways that we are working toward that goal.

09/15/2023

How do our AUVs collect battery metals from the seabed without destroying the marine ecosystem? Unlike other forms of mining, our selective harvesting allows the ecosystem to remain intact—giving society access to responsibly sourced metals to transition away from fossil fuels.

Learn more: https://zurl.co/2tPV

Council Post: Resolving The Critical Metals Shortage To Meet Net-Zero Goals—Part 1

09/14/2023

Climate change is a global crisis & the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the temperature change to 2 degrees Celsius by 2050 requires a massive transformation of our energy system, and massive amounts of critical metals for producing batteries. But the demand for battery critical metals will increase by 500% by 2050.

In Part 1 of this Forbes Business article, our CEO and cofounder Oliver Gunasekara explores 2 of the 3 potential solutions to solve the upcoming battery shortage.

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Council Post: Resolving The Critical Metals Shortage To Meet Net-Zero Goals—Part 1 Transitioning to a low-carbon economy requires massive amounts of critical metals for producing batteries and other clean energy technologies.

Ancient treasures kilometres under the sea

09/13/2023

“We’re never going to understand all the animals that live in the sediment. So we have to engineer in a way to protect them.”

The Sydney Morning Herald spoke with our cofounder and director Renee Grogan about our disruptive selective harvesting technology that hovers over the seabed and uses artificial intelligence originally developed for fruit picking to check if there is life on a nodule, harvesting only those that appear uninhabited.

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Ancient treasures kilometres under the sea As scientists find weird wonders, miners and governments are looking at other riches. What’s at stake way beneath the waves?

09/09/2023

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09/08/2023

Don't miss our CEO & Cofounder Oliver Gunasekara participating on a panel discussing “Solving the US Critical Battery Metals Supply Chain by Leveraging Deep Seabed Minerals" at on September 14th!

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09/06/2023

Which of the Sustainable Development Goals do we support?
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The SDGs — The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and Us

09/05/2023

Which of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals do we support?
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The SDGs — The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and Us Those with a keen eye will note that our website indicates we support the objectives of seven of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). If you are of a slightly cynical or skeptical nature, or have seen the effects of using the SDGs as a greenwashing tool (a seemingly prolific acti...

The EV Battery Debate: Which Battery Chemistry Is Better?

09/01/2023

3 Reasons Why NMC Is Better Than LFP for EV Batteries

Demand for lithium-ion batteries is growing dramatically, driven by new green policy regulations and the growing demand for electric vehicles.

Learn more about LFP-based cathode battery weaknesses, the true cost of LFP vs NCM batteries, and how we can address the battery metals supply chain challenges.

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The EV Battery Debate: Which Battery Chemistry Is Better? On August 4, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order to make half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 zero-emissions vehicles, or electric vehicles […]

08/30/2023

At SOSV Climate Tech Summit, Impossible Metals Cofounder and Director Renee Grogan will join the "Greener Mining for Critical Minerals" panel of mining and mineral processing entrepreneurs and innovators who aim to expand mineral supply, reduce the carbon and environmental footprint of mining, and insulate the supply chain from geopolitics.

Learn more & register for this free virtual event, Sept 26-27: https://zurl.co/R9rc

08/23/2023

that Jules Verne wrote about deep seabed critical minerals in the classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"?

Learn more about the 150-year history of interest in & its potential to meet our growing demand for .

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Fascination with Critical Minerals in the Deep Seabed: Over 150 Years of History

08/23/2023

Did you know that humans have been fascinated with the potential of mining critical minerals from the deep seabed for over 150 years? Even science fiction author Jules Verne wrote about it in the classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".

Check out this post to learn more about the history of deep sea mining and the potential it has to meet our growing demand for the critical minerals needed to meet NetZero goals.

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Fascination with Critical Minerals in the Deep Seabed: Over 150 Years of History According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the deep seabed is a vast and largely unexplored region that covers about two-thirds of the […]

08/22/2023

Missed our webinar "Where Do We Get the Metals Needed to Meet Net Zero Goals?" last week?No worries, you can watch the replay here: https://youtu.be/2UoLwrPnG2o

Webinar: Where Do We Get the Metals Needed to Meet Net Zero Goals? The Paris Agreement, which was signed by 196 countries in 2019, is a crucial commitment to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lim...

08/16/2023

We want to unlock the potential of deep sea mining without the environmental disruption, and we're well on our way!

Check out this new of our groundbreaking demonstration of the Eureka 1 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) in action: https://zurl.co/vYEM

Impossible Metals Demo Day May 2023 Impossible Metals Successfully Demonstrates Eureka 1 in Shallow Water TestFor more information see: https://impossiblemetals.com/blog/impossible-metals-succe...

PanelPicker | SXSW Conference & Festivals

08/08/2023

🗳 Please vote for our CEO Oliver Gunasekara's session "Mining for the Climate Crisis Without Destroying the Planet"!

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Congressional Leaders Urge President Biden and Department of Defense to Consider Polymetallic Nodules for U.S. Critical Mineral Supplies and National Security

08/05/2023

The Inflation Reduction Act has stimulated massive investments in onshoring battery manufacturing for . What is now needed is to unlock the world’s biggest source of using selective harvesting technology.

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Congressional Leaders Urge President Biden and Department of Defense to Consider Polymetallic Nodules for U.S. Critical Mineral Supplies and National Security Nine members of Congress urged the administration to “keep all options on the table, including deep-sea opportunities, in assessing polymetallic nodules as a viable resource to secure critical minerals and close national security vulnerabilities.”

08/02/2023

The underwater mining process developed by Impossible Metals is akin to using tweezers rather than a bulldozer. This meticulous approach ensures that the extraction process is as environmentally friendly as possible, minimizing the negative impact on the ocean’s delicate ecosystems.

The future of deep sea mining is within reach, and underwater robots are leading the way towards a more sustainable and responsible approach to resource extraction.

via ReadWrite

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A clean-energy future may depend on seabed mining

08/01/2023

"While there remain some questions about the costs and environmental effects in the search for new sources of metals, the many opportunities for a green future are unlikely to be met without seabed mining. Without access to the minerals needed to meet the demand for electric cars and reduce carbon emissions, our hoped-for green energy future will be in peril."

The author James Borton is a Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins/SAIS Foreign Policy Institute.

https://zurl.co/REBR via The Hill

A clean-energy future may depend on seabed mining Unlike land-based mining, which often involves extreme destruction and pollution of thousands of acres, seabed mining simply involves vacuuming up mineral-rich nodules, which sit unattached to the …

07/31/2023

📣 Welcome Hon Frank Fannon, who joins the Impossible Metals strategic advisory board.

As the former “America’s Energy Diplomat”, Frank elevated global awareness of the critical role that seabed minerals play in the energy transition.

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07/19/2023

that science fiction author Jules Verne wrote about deep seabed critical minerals in the classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"?

Learn more about the 150-year history of interest in & its potential to meet our growing demand for in this post: https://zurl.co/PBEM

The ocean floor is mysterious and filled with life. Humans might turn it into a mine.

07/17/2023

Fighting by transitioning to a low-carbon economy requires immense amounts of critical metals & meeting the demand via mining poses significant challenges.

Deep sea mining—with its legal frameworks and with advanced, disruptive technology (like what we're developing) for low environmental impact—can meet this demand. via USA Today

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The ocean floor is mysterious and filled with life. Humans might turn it into a mine. Some environmental groups say ocean floor mining could have catastrophic consequences. Others say it's a part of Earth's green energy transition.

07/15/2023

Under a proposed regulation unveiled by the California Air Resources Board new big rigs and other trucks will have to be zero-emissions in 2040 — ending their decades-long reliance on high-polluting diesel.

The proposed rule could put about 510,000 carbon-free medium & heavy-duty vehicles on California’s roads in 2035, increasing to 1.2 million in 2045 and nearly 1.6 million in 2050, according to the air board.

Currently there are only 1,943 zero emission medium and heavy duty vehicles on the state’s roads, and nearly all of them are buses.

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