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Impossible Metals welcomes former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Frank Fannon to its Strategic Advisory Board

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-31T08:54:58-07:00July 31st, 2023|

Impossible Metals Successfully Demonstrates Eureka 1 in Shallow Water Test

By Impossible Metals|2023-06-06T06:06:22-07:00June 6th, 2023|

Impossible Metals Reveals Their Roadmap to Developing the Best Available Technology for Deep Sea Mining

By Impossible Metals|2023-04-04T09:35:57-07:00April 3rd, 2023|

Eureka! Impossible Metals Reveals Successful Proof of Concept for Sustainable Seabed Mining of Critical Minerals

By Impossible Metals|2023-04-04T09:35:59-07:00December 6th, 2022|

Impossible Metals (YC W22) Declares It’s Not Mining – But Harvesting – Critical Seabed Battery Minerals

By Renee Grogan|2022-09-19T10:00:59-07:00September 19th, 2022|

Good Intentions, Dangerous Implications

By Renee Grogan|2022-08-16T09:38:36-07:00August 16th, 2022|

Roundtable Discussion Plants Flag to Support Responsible Technology for DSM

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-04-04T09:35:59-07:00July 12th, 2022|

Impossible Metals – Closes $10.1M in Seed funding and announces its key advisors

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-06-21T09:59:00-07:00June 21st, 2022|

Impossible Metals announces the completion of key technology milestones as they endeavor to become the world’s first sustainable mining company.

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-03-28T10:02:00-07:00March 28th, 2022|

Impossible Metals announces its plans to develop the world’s first sustainable and responsible deep-sea mining technology

By Impossible Metals|2023-04-17T04:23:43-07:00November 3rd, 2021|

Forbes Articles

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

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-08-30T10:52:19-07:00August 30th, 2023|

Three Critical Metals Supply Chain Challenges And How Businesses Can Address Them

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-08-30T10:53:54-07:00April 26th, 2023|

Why The Critical Metals Issue Could Dominate Global Economies Over The Next Decade

By Renee Grogan|2023-05-12T11:09:19-07:00March 22nd, 2023|

Deep Sea Mining: The Biggest Climate Issue You’ve Never Heard Of

By Renee Grogan|2023-05-12T11:07:25-07:00December 16th, 2022|

Impossible Metals In The News

SEA THE LIGHT Meet the underwater robots that will make electric cars CHEAPER – and combat child labour – The Sun

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-03-09T10:45:45-08:00August 23rd, 2022|

Congratulations to Co-Founder Professor Ken Nealson

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-03-29T12:31:09-07:00August 17th, 2022|

TIME Magazine feature on Renee and Impossible Metals

By Laurel Fortin|2023-04-04T09:24:03-07:00April 14th, 2022|

Impossible Mining Blog

Minimizing Sediment Plume: Innovating AUV Technology for Polymetallic Nodule Collection

By Jason Gilliam|2023-09-25T13:21:46-07:00September 25th, 2023|

Nuclear Power and Deep Sea Mining: What Do They Have in Common?

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-08-11T11:16:33-07:00August 11th, 2023|

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

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-08-04T15:19:16-07:00August 4th, 2023|

How the Inflation Reduction Act Impacts Deep Sea Mining of Critical Metals

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-26T15:49:20-07:00June 12th, 2023|

How Archimedes Influenced the Naming of Our Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

By Jason Gilliam|2023-07-21T08:51:24-07:00June 2nd, 2023|

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

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:48-07:00April 25th, 2023|

First Combined ESG and Annual Report Is Now Available

By Impossible Metals|2023-04-03T09:56:16-07:00April 3rd, 2023|

SDG Goal 15 – Life on Land

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:46-07:00March 8th, 2023|

SDG Goal 14 – Life Below Water

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:46-07:00February 24th, 2023|

The EV Battery Debate: Which Battery Chemistry Is Better?

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:49-07:00February 23rd, 2023|

SDG Goal 13 – Climate Action

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:47-07:00February 10th, 2023|

SDG Goal 5 – Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:48-07:00January 28th, 2023|

SDG Goal 12 – Responsible Consumption & Production

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-21T08:52:49-07:00November 21st, 2022|

SDG Goal 9 – Innovation, Industry and Infrastructure

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:49-07:00October 26th, 2022|

Radio interview with Renee on the Ari Zoldan Show on 710 WOR/iHeartRadio the voice of New York.

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:49-07:00August 24th, 2022|

SDG Goal 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:50-07:00August 23rd, 2022|

SDG Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:51-07:00August 1st, 2022|

UN Sustainability Development Goals

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:52-07:00July 31st, 2022|

Why Nickel and Cobalt continue to be used in automotive batteries

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:50-07:00July 7th, 2022|

TechCrunch feature on our series seed raise

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:51-07:00June 21st, 2022|

CleanTechnica: Interview With Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara, Part 2

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:52-07:00June 21st, 2022|

A New Style of Underwater Arm

By Jason Gilliam|2023-07-21T08:51:25-07:00June 16th, 2022|

CleanTechnica: Interview With Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara, Part 1

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:52-07:00June 7th, 2022|

The Critical Mineral Supply Chain – Video

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:53-07:00April 7th, 2022|

Why Indigenous peoples are key to ensuring EV revolution doesn’t run out of road – Reuters

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:54-07:00April 5th, 2022|

President Joe Biden invokes Defense Production Act for EV batteries and clean energy – The Verge

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:55-07:00April 2nd, 2022|

Our first mention in TechCrunch

By Laurel Fortin|2022-03-31T00:53:57-07:00March 31st, 2022|

Comparison of Dredging vs Selective Pickup

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:56-07:00March 28th, 2022|

The Laudable Goal of “Pollution-Free Electricity”

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:52-07:00March 24th, 2022|

The world is set to debate seabed mining regulations, but the U.S. will be on the outside looking in – Politico

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:56-07:00March 22nd, 2022|

Impossible Metals is now a YC company

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:57-07:00January 19th, 2022|

BetterEV: Renee Grogan of Impossible Metals’s Big Idea that Might Change the World – Authority Magazine

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:55:05-07:00December 28th, 2021|

Impossible Metals proudly supports the #TerraCarta from HRH The Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:55:55-07:00December 14th, 2021|

To ban or not to ban seabed mining

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:54-07:00December 7th, 2021|

Impossible Metals is a B Corporation

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:56:04-07:00November 2nd, 2021|

Industry News

Evening Standard: The Robot That Hunts for Rare Metals on the Seabed (carefully)

Impossible Metals2022-12-15T08:59:08-08:00December 15th, 2022|

FastCompany.com: This massive robot is designed to harvest EV metals from the ocean. But can it be done sustainably?

Impossible Metals2022-12-09T16:32:41-08:00December 9th, 2022|

NewAtlas.com: Impossible Metals Demonstrates Its Super-careful Seabed (Harvesting) Robot

Impossible Metals2022-12-15T08:57:49-08:00December 8th, 2022|

The Inflation Reduction Act places a big bet on alternative mineral supply chains – Atlantic Council

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:39-07:00August 23rd, 2022|

Tesla & Indonesia Agree On Nickel Supply Deal Worth $5 Billion – CleanTechnica

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:40-07:00August 23rd, 2022|

United States Seeking Alternatives to Chinese Cobalt – Batteries News

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:40-07:00August 17th, 2022|

Shifting Gears: Clean Energy, Electric Cars and Geopolitical Power

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:41-07:00August 16th, 2022|

What’s the environmental impact of EV battery manufacturing and recycling?

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:42-07:00August 16th, 2022|

A closer look at the EV tax credit requirement that could exclude most electric cars – AP

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:42-07:00August 16th, 2022|

Ford CEO doesn’t expect electric vehicle battery costs to drop anytime soon – CNBC

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:43-07:00August 16th, 2022|

Circular Battery Value Chain Crucial to Africa’s Energy Access Goals and Economic Development

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:44-07:00August 16th, 2022|

Homeroom podcast Interview with CEO of Impossible Metals

Christian2022-10-04T09:57:45-07:00August 3rd, 2022|

Electric Car Batteries Lasting Longer Than Predicted Delays Recycling Programs – Forbes

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:45-07:00August 3rd, 2022|

China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children for Cobalt in Electric Car Batteries – China Insider

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:46-07:00August 2nd, 2022|

$200 BILLION NEEDED TO MEET BATTERY CELL DEMAND BY 2030 – Benchmark

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:47-07:00July 29th, 2022|

U.S. is sidelined in critical minerals push – POLITICO

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:48-07:00July 26th, 2022|

Are electric cars really better for the environment?

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:48-07:00July 20th, 2022|

The transition metals needed to power net-zero – Geographical

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:49-07:00July 12th, 2022|

Raw material costs for electric vehicles have doubled during the pandemic – CNBC

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:50-07:00June 22nd, 2022|

China’s electric vehicle battery supply chain shows signs of forced labor, report says – CNBC

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:50-07:00June 22nd, 2022|

CHANGING THE CLIMATE #162 PODCAST: Interview with Impossible Metals CEO

Laurel Fortin2022-10-04T09:57:51-07:00June 21st, 2022|

Interview With Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara, Part 1 – Clean Technica

Laurel Fortin2022-10-04T09:57:52-07:00June 21st, 2022|

The Chinese are digging, but it’s no Jurassic Park. The Pacific hides other treasures – The Print.In

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:53-07:00June 13th, 2022|

Stellantis CEO warns of electric vehicle battery shortage, followed by lack of raw materials -CNBC

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:53-07:00May 30th, 2022|

Cobalt tops Critical Materials Risk Index – Mining.com

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:54-07:00May 27th, 2022|

Electric vehicles surpass phones as top driver of cobalt demand – Mining.com

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:55-07:00May 26th, 2022|

GLOBAL GIGAFACTORY PIPELINE HITS 300; CHINA DOMINATES BUT THE WEST GATHERS PACE – BENCHMARK MINERALS

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:56-07:00May 24th, 2022|

Mining is key to the energy transition, but it’s still unloved – Reuters

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:56-07:00May 16th, 2022|

The key minerals in an EV battery – Mining.com

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:57-07:00May 3rd, 2022|

Europe faces critical shortage of metals needed for clean energy – FT

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:58-07:00April 26th, 2022|

Clean Technologies Have More Complicated Mineral Requirements Than Fossil Fuels: A Critical Commitment To Transition Critical Minerals – Forbes

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:58-07:00April 21st, 2022|

How Seabed Mining Can Solve the Battery Metals Crunch at the next BatteryBrunch on 04/23

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:57:59-07:00April 21st, 2022|

After a decade of declines, battery prices will increase in 2022, top analysts say

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:58:00-07:00April 16th, 2022|

Tesla inks secret multi-year nickel supply deal with Vale

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:58:01-07:00April 12th, 2022|

How much could battery recycling actually aid cobalt, lithium supply shortages?

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:58:02-07:00April 12th, 2022|

EV and Battery Big Talk Must Now Switch to Mining as Supply Chain Bites – Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Oliver Gunasekara2022-10-04T09:58:02-07:00April 8th, 2022|

How sky-high nickel price could hamper EV efforts – Emerging Tech Brew

Christian2022-10-04T09:58:03-07:00March 13th, 2022|

The New Race for Energy Resources – by Abigail Wulf

Christian2022-10-04T09:58:04-07:00March 5th, 2022|

The Darker Side of the EV Revolution

Christian2022-10-04T09:58:05-07:00February 27th, 2022|

Two thirds of life in the seabed is unknown to science – UK Natural History Museum

Christian2022-10-04T09:58:06-07:00February 12th, 2022|

Rising Lithium Prices Push LFP Battery Cell Costs Above High-Nickel – Benchmark Minerals

Christian2022-10-04T09:58:07-07:00February 12th, 2022|

Carmakers face growing electric vehicle battery cells shortage, warns UBS

Christian2022-10-04T09:58:07-07:00January 31st, 2022|

US$30-45bn – may need to be invested in mining capacity by 2025 to help satisfy demand for EVs.

Christian2022-10-04T09:58:08-07:00January 13th, 2022|

Mining-induced deforestation in Indonesia. Identifying spatial patterns and synergies with other economic activities – FinePrint

Christian2021-12-23T16:32:57-08:00December 23rd, 2021|

Our device-driven lives depend more than ever on tragedy in the Democratic Republic of Congo – CNN

Christian2021-12-18T17:04:41-08:00December 18th, 2021|

How the rise of electric cars endangers the ‘last frontier’ of the Philippines – NBC News

Christian2023-03-29T12:29:12-07:00December 8th, 2021|

US adds nickel to critical minerals list

Christian2023-03-29T12:31:06-07:00November 23rd, 2021|

A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution – NY Times

Christian2021-11-22T18:03:40-08:00November 22nd, 2021|

Innovating to net zero: An executive’s guide to climate technology – McKinsey

Christian2021-11-16T17:08:35-08:00November 16th, 2021|

Soaring Metal Prices May Delay Energy Transition – IMF

Christian2021-11-12T19:10:04-08:00November 12th, 2021|

America Isn’t Ready for the Electric-Vehicle Revolution – New York Times

Christian2021-11-11T16:23:39-08:00November 11th, 2021|

Nickel Supply & Demand by GigaMetals

Christian2021-11-08T04:21:53-08:00November 8th, 2021|

Inexorable decline of EV battery prices coming to an end – report

Christian2021-11-02T00:21:28-07:00November 2nd, 2021|

Podcasts and Webinars

SDG Goal 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:50-07:00August 23rd, 2022|

A New Style of Underwater Arm

By Jason Gilliam|2023-07-21T08:51:25-07:00June 16th, 2022|

TIME Magazine feature on Renee and Impossible Metals

By Laurel Fortin|2023-04-04T09:24:03-07:00April 14th, 2022|

To ban or not to ban seabed mining

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:54-07:00December 7th, 2021|

Minimizing Sediment Plume: Innovating AUV Technology for Polymetallic Nodule Collection

By Jason Gilliam|2023-09-25T13:21:46-07:00September 25th, 2023|

Impossible Metals Webinar Series: Deep Dive into the Concept Economic Model Comparing a Fleet of Impossible Metals AUVs vs Dredging

By Impossible Metals|2023-09-25T12:33:32-07:00September 25th, 2023|

Impossible Metals Webinar Series: The Complex World of Batteries: How Impossible Metals Changes the Landscape

By Holly Nielsen|2023-09-18T16:26:09-07:00September 18th, 2023|

Impossible Metals Webinar Series: Where Do We Get the Metals Needed to Meet Net Zero Goals?

By Impossible Metals|2023-08-30T11:26:17-07:00August 30th, 2023|

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

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-08-30T10:52:19-07:00August 30th, 2023|

Nuclear Power and Deep Sea Mining: What Do They Have in Common?

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-08-11T11:16:33-07:00August 11th, 2023|

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

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-08-04T15:19:16-07:00August 4th, 2023|

Catalyst with Shayle Kann Podcast: Mining the Deep Sea

By Impossible Metals|2023-08-16T14:46:53-07:00July 31st, 2023|

Impossible Metals welcomes former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, Frank Fannon to its Strategic Advisory Board

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-31T08:54:58-07:00July 31st, 2023|

Impossible Metals Webinar: Eureka 1 Demo Results and Event Summary

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-31T17:09:05-07:00July 14th, 2023|

BBC Podcast: Deep Sea Mining

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-31T17:09:16-07:00June 30th, 2023|

MTS Webinar: Overview of Deep Sea Mining and Introduction to Impossible Metals

By Impossible Metals|2023-08-30T11:10:24-07:00June 20th, 2023|

How the Inflation Reduction Act Impacts Deep Sea Mining of Critical Metals

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-26T15:49:20-07:00June 12th, 2023|

Impossible Metals Successfully Demonstrates Eureka 1 in Shallow Water Test

By Impossible Metals|2023-06-06T06:06:22-07:00June 6th, 2023|

How Archimedes Influenced the Naming of Our Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

By Jason Gilliam|2023-07-21T08:51:24-07:00June 2nd, 2023|

Three Critical Metals Supply Chain Challenges And How Businesses Can Address Them

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-08-30T10:53:54-07:00April 26th, 2023|

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

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:48-07:00April 25th, 2023|

The Brave New Earth Podcast: Responsible Deep Sea Mining with Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-14T10:52:06-07:00April 16th, 2023|

First Combined ESG and Annual Report Is Now Available

By Impossible Metals|2023-04-03T09:56:16-07:00April 3rd, 2023|

Impossible Metals Reveals Their Roadmap to Developing the Best Available Technology for Deep Sea Mining

By Impossible Metals|2023-04-04T09:35:57-07:00April 3rd, 2023|

Why The Critical Metals Issue Could Dominate Global Economies Over The Next Decade

By Renee Grogan|2023-05-12T11:09:19-07:00March 22nd, 2023|

Exploring the Depths: Navigating the Complexities of Deep Sea Mining

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-14T10:54:02-07:00March 21st, 2023|

SDG Goal 15 – Life on Land

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:46-07:00March 8th, 2023|

SDG Goal 14 – Life Below Water

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:46-07:00February 24th, 2023|

The EV Battery Debate: Which Battery Chemistry Is Better?

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:49-07:00February 23rd, 2023|

SDG Goal 13 – Climate Action

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:47-07:00February 10th, 2023|

SDG Goal 5 – Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:48-07:00January 28th, 2023|

Seti Institute: Testing Your Metal

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-14T11:10:36-07:00January 17th, 2023|

MCJ Startup Series: Impossible Metals

By Impossible Metals|2023-03-01T16:00:01-08:00January 10th, 2023|

Deep Sea Mining: The Biggest Climate Issue You’ve Never Heard Of

By Renee Grogan|2023-05-12T11:07:25-07:00December 16th, 2022|

Evening Standard: The Robot That Hunts for Rare Metals on the Seabed (carefully)

By Impossible Metals|2022-12-15T08:59:08-08:00December 15th, 2022|

FastCompany.com: This massive robot is designed to harvest EV metals from the ocean. But can it be done sustainably?

By Impossible Metals|2022-12-09T16:32:41-08:00December 9th, 2022|

NewAtlas.com: Impossible Metals Demonstrates Its Super-careful Seabed (Harvesting) Robot

By Impossible Metals|2022-12-15T08:57:49-08:00December 8th, 2022|

Eureka! Impossible Metals Reveals Successful Proof of Concept for Sustainable Seabed Mining of Critical Minerals

By Impossible Metals|2023-04-04T09:35:59-07:00December 6th, 2022|

SDG Goal 12 – Responsible Consumption & Production

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-21T08:52:49-07:00November 21st, 2022|

SDG Goal 9 – Innovation, Industry and Infrastructure

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:49-07:00October 26th, 2022|

How to Save a Planet: Should We Mine the Deep Sea?

By Impossible Metals|2023-07-14T11:42:49-07:00October 6th, 2022|

Ocean Calls: Deep-sea Mining: Solution or Environmental Disaster?

By Impossible Metals|2023-03-02T08:27:22-08:00September 28th, 2022|

Impossible Metals (YC W22) Declares It’s Not Mining – But Harvesting – Critical Seabed Battery Minerals

By Renee Grogan|2022-09-19T10:00:59-07:00September 19th, 2022|

Radio interview with Renee on the Ari Zoldan Show on 710 WOR/iHeartRadio the voice of New York.

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:49-07:00August 24th, 2022|

The Inflation Reduction Act places a big bet on alternative mineral supply chains – Atlantic Council

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:39-07:00August 23rd, 2022|

Tesla & Indonesia Agree On Nickel Supply Deal Worth $5 Billion – CleanTechnica

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:40-07:00August 23rd, 2022|

SEA THE LIGHT Meet the underwater robots that will make electric cars CHEAPER – and combat child labour – The Sun

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-03-09T10:45:45-08:00August 23rd, 2022|

The Ari Zolden Show

By Impossible Metals|2023-03-02T09:34:23-08:00August 20th, 2022|

Congratulations to Co-Founder Professor Ken Nealson

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-03-29T12:31:09-07:00August 17th, 2022|

United States Seeking Alternatives to Chinese Cobalt – Batteries News

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:40-07:00August 17th, 2022|

Shifting Gears: Clean Energy, Electric Cars and Geopolitical Power

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:41-07:00August 16th, 2022|

Good Intentions, Dangerous Implications

By Renee Grogan|2022-08-16T09:38:36-07:00August 16th, 2022|

What’s the environmental impact of EV battery manufacturing and recycling?

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:42-07:00August 16th, 2022|

A closer look at the EV tax credit requirement that could exclude most electric cars – AP

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:42-07:00August 16th, 2022|

Ford CEO doesn’t expect electric vehicle battery costs to drop anytime soon – CNBC

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:43-07:00August 16th, 2022|

Circular Battery Value Chain Crucial to Africa’s Energy Access Goals and Economic Development

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:44-07:00August 16th, 2022|

Homeroom podcast Interview with CEO of Impossible Metals

By Christian|2022-10-04T09:57:45-07:00August 3rd, 2022|

Electric Car Batteries Lasting Longer Than Predicted Delays Recycling Programs – Forbes

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:45-07:00August 3rd, 2022|

Homeroom Podcast Episode 53

By Impossible Metals|2023-03-02T08:33:56-08:00August 3rd, 2022|

China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children for Cobalt in Electric Car Batteries – China Insider

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:46-07:00August 2nd, 2022|

SDG Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:51-07:00August 1st, 2022|

UN Sustainability Development Goals

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:52-07:00July 31st, 2022|

$200 BILLION NEEDED TO MEET BATTERY CELL DEMAND BY 2030 – Benchmark

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:47-07:00July 29th, 2022|

U.S. is sidelined in critical minerals push – POLITICO

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:48-07:00July 26th, 2022|

Are electric cars really better for the environment?

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:48-07:00July 20th, 2022|

The transition metals needed to power net-zero – Geographical

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:49-07:00July 12th, 2022|

Roundtable Discussion Plants Flag to Support Responsible Technology for DSM

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-04-04T09:35:59-07:00July 12th, 2022|

Why Nickel and Cobalt continue to be used in automotive batteries

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:50-07:00July 7th, 2022|

Raw material costs for electric vehicles have doubled during the pandemic – CNBC

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:50-07:00June 22nd, 2022|

China’s electric vehicle battery supply chain shows signs of forced labor, report says – CNBC

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:50-07:00June 22nd, 2022|

CHANGING THE CLIMATE #162 PODCAST: Interview with Impossible Metals CEO

By Laurel Fortin|2022-10-04T09:57:51-07:00June 21st, 2022|

TechCrunch feature on our series seed raise

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:51-07:00June 21st, 2022|

Impossible Metals – Closes $10.1M in Seed funding and announces its key advisors

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-06-21T09:59:00-07:00June 21st, 2022|

Interview With Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara, Part 1 – Clean Technica

By Laurel Fortin|2022-10-04T09:57:52-07:00June 21st, 2022|

CleanTechnica: Interview With Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara, Part 2

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:52-07:00June 21st, 2022|

The Chinese are digging, but it’s no Jurassic Park. The Pacific hides other treasures – The Print.In

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:53-07:00June 13th, 2022|

CleanTechnica: Interview With Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara, Part 1

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:52-07:00June 7th, 2022|

Stellantis CEO warns of electric vehicle battery shortage, followed by lack of raw materials -CNBC

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:53-07:00May 30th, 2022|

Cobalt tops Critical Materials Risk Index – Mining.com

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:54-07:00May 27th, 2022|

Electric vehicles surpass phones as top driver of cobalt demand – Mining.com

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:55-07:00May 26th, 2022|

GLOBAL GIGAFACTORY PIPELINE HITS 300; CHINA DOMINATES BUT THE WEST GATHERS PACE – BENCHMARK MINERALS

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:56-07:00May 24th, 2022|

Mining is key to the energy transition, but it’s still unloved – Reuters

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:56-07:00May 16th, 2022|

The key minerals in an EV battery – Mining.com

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:57-07:00May 3rd, 2022|

Europe faces critical shortage of metals needed for clean energy – FT

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:58-07:00April 26th, 2022|

Clean Technologies Have More Complicated Mineral Requirements Than Fossil Fuels: A Critical Commitment To Transition Critical Minerals – Forbes

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:58-07:00April 21st, 2022|

How Seabed Mining Can Solve the Battery Metals Crunch at the next BatteryBrunch on 04/23

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:57:59-07:00April 21st, 2022|

After a decade of declines, battery prices will increase in 2022, top analysts say

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:58:00-07:00April 16th, 2022|

Tesla inks secret multi-year nickel supply deal with Vale

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:58:01-07:00April 12th, 2022|

How much could battery recycling actually aid cobalt, lithium supply shortages?

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:58:02-07:00April 12th, 2022|

EV and Battery Big Talk Must Now Switch to Mining as Supply Chain Bites – Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-10-04T09:58:02-07:00April 8th, 2022|

The Critical Mineral Supply Chain – Video

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:53-07:00April 7th, 2022|

Why Indigenous peoples are key to ensuring EV revolution doesn’t run out of road – Reuters

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:54-07:00April 5th, 2022|

President Joe Biden invokes Defense Production Act for EV batteries and clean energy – The Verge

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:55-07:00April 2nd, 2022|

Our first mention in TechCrunch

By Laurel Fortin|2022-03-31T00:53:57-07:00March 31st, 2022|

Comparison of Dredging vs Selective Pickup

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:56-07:00March 28th, 2022|

Impossible Metals announces the completion of key technology milestones as they endeavor to become the world’s first sustainable mining company.

By Oliver Gunasekara|2022-03-28T10:02:00-07:00March 28th, 2022|

The Laudable Goal of “Pollution-Free Electricity”

By Renee Grogan|2023-07-21T08:52:52-07:00March 24th, 2022|

The world is set to debate seabed mining regulations, but the U.S. will be on the outside looking in – Politico

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:56-07:00March 22nd, 2022|

How sky-high nickel price could hamper EV efforts – Emerging Tech Brew

By Christian|2022-10-04T09:58:03-07:00March 13th, 2022|

The New Race for Energy Resources – by Abigail Wulf

By Christian|2022-10-04T09:58:04-07:00March 5th, 2022|

The Darker Side of the EV Revolution

By Christian|2022-10-04T09:58:05-07:00February 27th, 2022|

Two thirds of life in the seabed is unknown to science – UK Natural History Museum

By Christian|2022-10-04T09:58:06-07:00February 12th, 2022|

Rising Lithium Prices Push LFP Battery Cell Costs Above High-Nickel – Benchmark Minerals

By Christian|2022-10-04T09:58:07-07:00February 12th, 2022|

Carmakers face growing electric vehicle battery cells shortage, warns UBS

By Christian|2022-10-04T09:58:07-07:00January 31st, 2022|

Impossible Metals is now a YC company

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:57-07:00January 19th, 2022|

US$30-45bn – may need to be invested in mining capacity by 2025 to help satisfy demand for EVs.

By Christian|2022-10-04T09:58:08-07:00January 13th, 2022|

BetterEV: Renee Grogan of Impossible Metals’s Big Idea that Might Change the World – Authority Magazine

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:55:05-07:00December 28th, 2021|

Mining-induced deforestation in Indonesia. Identifying spatial patterns and synergies with other economic activities – FinePrint

By Christian|2021-12-23T16:32:57-08:00December 23rd, 2021|

Our device-driven lives depend more than ever on tragedy in the Democratic Republic of Congo – CNN

By Christian|2021-12-18T17:04:41-08:00December 18th, 2021|

Impossible Metals proudly supports the #TerraCarta from HRH The Prince of Wales’ Sustainable Markets Initiative

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:55:55-07:00December 14th, 2021|

How the rise of electric cars endangers the ‘last frontier’ of the Philippines – NBC News

By Christian|2023-03-29T12:29:12-07:00December 8th, 2021|

US adds nickel to critical minerals list

By Christian|2023-03-29T12:31:06-07:00November 23rd, 2021|

A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution – NY Times

By Christian|2021-11-22T18:03:40-08:00November 22nd, 2021|

Innovating to net zero: An executive’s guide to climate technology – McKinsey

By Christian|2021-11-16T17:08:35-08:00November 16th, 2021|

Soaring Metal Prices May Delay Energy Transition – IMF

By Christian|2021-11-12T19:10:04-08:00November 12th, 2021|

America Isn’t Ready for the Electric-Vehicle Revolution – New York Times

By Christian|2021-11-11T16:23:39-08:00November 11th, 2021|

Nickel Supply & Demand by GigaMetals

By Christian|2021-11-08T04:21:53-08:00November 8th, 2021|

Impossible Metals announces its plans to develop the world’s first sustainable and responsible deep-sea mining technology

By Impossible Metals|2023-04-17T04:23:43-07:00November 3rd, 2021|

Impossible Metals is a B Corporation

By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:56:04-07:00November 2nd, 2021|

Inexorable decline of EV battery prices coming to an end – report

By Christian|2021-11-02T00:21:28-07:00November 2nd, 2021|