Impossible Metals Blog

How Do We Win the Critical Metal Supply Chain in the 21st Century?
By Oliver Gunasekara|2026-02-27T11:21:35-08:00February 20, 2026|
Our Top Blogs and Webinars of 2025
By Impossible Metals|2026-03-13T18:03:27-07:00January 25, 2026|
Welcoming Amanda van Dyke to the Board of Advisors: A Leader in Critical Minerals and Sustainable Investment
By Oliver Gunasekara|2026-01-22T10:16:23-08:00January 22, 2026|
Future Minerals Forum Recap: Rethinking Deep Sea Mining for Critical Minerals
By Impossible Metals|2026-01-14T20:37:10-08:00January 14, 2026|
Correcting Errors in the Michael Barnard and Lyle Trytten TEA Analysis
By Jason Gillham|2025-12-02T11:33:59-08:00November 29, 2025|
A Truly Precautionary Approach: Selective Collection Delivers the Best Economics While Leaving 94% of Nodules Undisturbed
By Jason Gillham|2025-11-18T16:37:11-08:00November 17, 2025|
Polymetallic Nodules: The Rocks on the Ocean Floor That Will Power the Future
By Impossible Metals|2026-02-20T16:37:04-08:00October 16, 2025|
Smart Stewardship: Extending State / Territory Revenue-Sharing to Marine Minerals
By Impossible Metals|2025-08-28T11:01:25-07:00August 28, 2025|
The Coandă Effect: It Just Sucks
By Jason Gillham|2025-08-24T19:20:59-07:00August 24, 2025|
What is the Difference Between a Mineral Resource and a Mineral Reserve?
By Oliver Gunasekara|2025-08-19T17:57:59-07:00August 19, 2025|
The Engineering Behind the Eureka Collection System: A Deep Dive Into Its Design
By Jason Gillham|2025-08-15T15:45:13-07:00August 15, 2025|
Advancing Responsible Deep Sea Mining: Our Voice at the American Samoa Forum
By Impossible Metals|2025-08-16T18:03:00-07:00August 8, 2025|
Powering AI: The Critical Mineral Demands of Emerging Data Centers
By Oliver Gunasekara|2025-08-01T12:45:42-07:00August 1, 2025|
Response to the BOEM RFI FOR Commercial Leasing Minerals Offshore American Samoa
By Oliver Gunasekara|2025-07-16T16:58:52-07:00July 16, 2025|
Unlocking America’s Seabed Potential: A Smart Move for Security, Sustainability, and Innovation
By Oliver Gunasekara|2025-06-24T17:21:47-07:00June 24, 2025|
Impossible Metals Buoyancy Engines: A Revolution in Underwater Technology
By Jason Gillham|2025-04-22T15:56:33-07:00April 22, 2025|
Opinion: The US should create a strategic stockpile of polymetallic nodules
By Oliver Gunasekara|2025-04-08T06:51:51-07:00April 8, 2025|
ISA Side Event with the Enterprise
By Oliver Gunasekara|2025-03-21T09:36:10-07:00March 21, 2025|
Beyond Oil: The Rise of Critical Metals – A New Podcast Exploring the Future of Electrification
By Impossible Metals|2025-03-05T16:08:28-08:00March 5, 2025|
Top Three 2024 Impossible Metals On-Demand Webinars
By Impossible Metals|2025-02-08T17:34:59-08:00January 27, 2025|
Illegal Land-Based Mining Consequences and How Deep Sea Minerals Can Help
By Oliver Gunasekara|2024-12-10T14:24:46-08:00December 10, 2024|
Scientific Roundtable: Eureka III Testing
By Impossible Metals|2025-08-15T15:28:21-07:00November 12, 2024|
How the Environmental Impact Assessment is a Keystone of Decision-Making in Deep-Sea Mining
By Impossible Metals|2025-02-07T09:28:46-08:00November 5, 2024|
Labor Risks in Mineral Supply Chains
By Oliver Gunasekara|2026-04-20T18:05:35-07:00October 7, 2024|
From Obscurity to Hero: How Nickel Will Impact the Energy Transformation
By Oliver Gunasekara|2026-04-09T15:38:20-07:00October 3, 2024|
Sustainable Seabed Mining to Extract Trillions of Dollars in Metal Reserves
By Impossible Metals|2025-06-23T15:00:21-07:00September 24, 2024|
United Nations Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals Releases Energy Transition Recommendations and Guidelines
By Oliver Gunasekara|2024-09-23T19:12:17-07:00September 23, 2024|
The Simple Case for a DSM Standard
By Impossible Metals|2025-08-12T16:34:13-07:00June 20, 2024|
Automotive Companies Prioritize Responsible Materials, Turn Down DSM Moratorium
By Oliver Gunasekara|2024-07-10T14:24:30-07:00May 31, 2024|
New Mine Average Lead Time Grows to 18 Years
By Oliver Gunasekara|2024-09-23T19:10:32-07:00April 30, 2024|
Deep Sea Mining in International Waters – It’s LAW
By Peter Jantzen|2024-06-03T16:53:18-07:00April 29, 2024|
Impossible Metals Named as One of America’s Top Greentech Companies 2024
By Impossible Metals|2025-02-07T09:27:18-08:00March 20, 2024|
For All Mankind: How Deep Sea Minerals Could Pay Children in Africa to Go to School Instead of Mining
By Oliver Gunasekara|2024-02-28T10:06:52-08:00February 27, 2024|
Data from the Deep Seabed: What Do We Know?
By Impossible Metals|2025-11-04T16:13:43-08:00February 19, 2024|
Inconvenient Facts About LFP Batteries
By Oliver Gunasekara|2025-04-22T14:09:07-07:00February 2, 2024|
Why Will Deep Sea Mining Be Less Expensive Than Traditional Land-Based Mining?
By Oliver Gunasekara|2024-03-22T09:47:04-07:00January 3, 2024|
Current Status of Deep Sea Mining Regulations
By Oliver Gunasekara|2025-08-26T09:53:10-07:00October 20, 2023|
Minimizing Sediment Plume: Innovating AUV Technology for Polymetallic Nodule Collection
By Jason Gillham|2026-04-09T15:40:03-07:00September 25, 2023|
Congressional Leaders Urge President Biden and Department of Defense to Consider Polymetallic Nodules for U.S. Critical Mineral Supplies and National Security GalleryCongressional Leaders Urge President Biden and Department of Defense to Consider Polymetallic Nodules for U.S. Critical Mineral Supplies and National Security
How the Inflation Reduction Act Impacts Deep Sea Mining of Critical Metals
By Oliver Gunasekara|2026-04-20T18:03:37-07:00June 12, 2023|
How Archimedes Influenced the Naming of Our Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
By Jason Gillham|2024-08-21T16:13:36-07:00June 2, 2023|
Fascination with Critical Minerals in the Deep Seabed: Over 150 Years of History
By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:48-07:00April 25, 2023|
SDG Goal 15 – Life on Land
By Impossible Metals|2025-03-16T09:25:37-07:00March 8, 2023|
SDG Goal 14 – Life Below Water
By Impossible Metals|2025-05-30T14:39:19-07:00February 24, 2023|
SDG Goal 13 – Climate Action
By Impossible Metals|2025-05-30T14:40:01-07:00February 10, 2023|
SDG Goal 5 – Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls
By Impossible Metals|2025-05-30T14:41:34-07:00January 28, 2023|
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 24, 2022|
SDG Goal 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy
By Impossible Metals|2025-05-30T14:42:03-07:00August 23, 2022|
SDG Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation
By Impossible Metals|2025-05-30T14:42:08-07:00August 1, 2022|
TechCrunch feature on our series seed raise
By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:51-07:00June 21, 2022|
CleanTechnica: Interview With Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara, Part 2
By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:52-07:00June 21, 2022|
A New Style of Underwater Arm
By Jason Gillham|2026-04-20T17:43:57-07:00June 16, 2022|
CleanTechnica: Interview With Impossible Metals CEO Oliver Gunasekara, Part 1
By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:52-07:00June 7, 2022|
The Critical Mineral Supply Chain – Video
By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:53-07:00April 7, 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 5, 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 2, 2022|
Our first mention in TechCrunch
By Laurel Fortin|2022-03-31T00:53:57-07:00March 31, 2022|
Comparison of Dredging vs Selective Pickup
By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:56-07:00March 28, 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 22, 2022|
Impossible Metals is now a YC company
By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:50:57-07:00January 19, 2022|
BetterEV: Renee Grogan of Impossible Metals’s Big Idea that Might Change the World – Authority Magazine
By Impossible Metals|2025-05-30T14:42:40-07:00December 28, 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 14, 2021|
To ban or not to ban seabed mining
By Impossible Metals|2025-05-30T14:28:42-07:00December 7, 2021|
Impossible Metals is a B Corporation
By Oliver Gunasekara|2023-07-21T08:56:04-07:00November 2, 2021|














































































